Cognitive Film Society
Cognitive Film Society, Doug Hesney, little nemoConnecting communities through curated film programming.
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The Long, Hot Summer, 1958 - ★★★½
Figuring whether Orson Welles is brilliant or terrible in this film would take at least 5 more viewings. What is clear is that these 1950s melodramas (particularly the Southern fried versions) were more honest about sex, wounded masculine p...
Romancing in Thin Air, 2012 - ★★★★
At times it’s a highly cinematic Hallmark romance, but then it transcends its inherently tacky premise to become something much greater.
Best of all it shows that the movies are the best because of their happy endings. Johnny To believes...
Hud, 1963 - ★★★★★
Even something good and beautiful can produce disease and rot. This is almost a retelling of the story of Job. A good man does lose everything despite his continued faith.
But the film is called HUD for a reason. And as the old man says, w...
Amadeus: Genius Does Not Supersede Mediocrity
“Who’d say that proud Salieri has ever been
A despicable envier,
A snake trampled by people, alive,
Powerlessly biting sand and dust?
None!.. But now – I say it myself – I’m now
An envier. I envy; deeply,
Painfully envy. – O hea...
The Beguiled, 2017 - ★★★
A much more romantic, polished version of this story, and one that suffers for its lack of transgression. The moment the film tells you the “slaves left” and leaves out the incest plot line and Corporal’s kiss with Amy - you know the film...
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The Cognitive Film Society - established 2025
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