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Travis Bean
Travis Bean is co-founder of Colossus. He writes about the impact of art on his life and the world around us.
X explained (2022)
What is X about? The main thing to understand about X is that it’s a metafilm. What does that mean? It means that the movie is essentially a commentary on movies and watching movies. The motif of filmmaking creates some…
All-Time Movie Rankings | Travis Bean
Hi, my name is Travis Bean. And I have…well. I have what some people say is “unique” taste in movies. Other people would use different adjectives: terrible, questionable, contrarian, etc. And hey, everybody is entitled to their opinions—including me. I…
Film Flight #3 | Faith Under Fire
Spiritual crisis in the face of doubt-ridden silence Spiritual crisis is, I’m afraid to say, inevitable. Whether you’re devout or live a divinity-free life, at some point, at many points, you’ll be faced with unanswerable questions about what lies beyond…
Film Flight #2 | Screwball Storms
Screwball Storms Ensemble chaos from the golden age of Hollywood comedy If you ask me, they just don’t make comedies like they used to. At the very least, the art of the ensemble comedy has practically been lost. Back in…
Film Flight #1 | Immersive Revolution
How images ignite resistance and shape rebellion A revolution begins with an idea. And over the course of time, as people have fought against tyranny, cinema has given those ideas a body—a moving, breathing, choreographed rhythm that condenses an entire…
The Devil’s Rejects | Embrace Your Demons
I’m not sure what my reaction to or reading of this movie is supposed to be. Honestly, I feel vulnerable putting any of this in writing, because this movie and its three protagonists are so fucked up that I’m probably…
The Tall T | Walking Life’s Ugly Path
Brennan and Boone have the same desires: to thrive, to belong; to build a life, a legacy, a home. But one feels connected to the world while the other feels cheated, and thus is born the natural yin and yang…
Synecdoche, New York | The Fruitless Chase For Meaning
much like my constant battle to make sense of life, I sit here wrestling with my scrambling thoughts about a movie that seemingly eludes me, yet continues to crystallize as I steep and question and make sense—so let us indulge…
Deerskin | An Image Of True Loneliness
Sometimes a movie completely surprises you, leads you in a direction you don’t expect. Deerskin was one such film. Georges’ journey is ridiculous, hilarious, demented, shocking. But suddenly, as Denise sees Georges for who he truly is, through the camera,…
Sideways | Embracing The Sadness
Sideways‘ depiction of high-functioning depression destroys me every time. I laugh my ass off the whole way through, even during the saddest of moments, because Miles’ life is so pathetic and cruel that it verges on absurdity. But it’s not…
Lips of Blood | Jean Rollin’s Meta Labyrinth
There’s a beautiful moment in Lips of Blood where Frédéric attends a screening of one of Jean Rollin’s films. As Stephen Jones and Kim Newman point out in their commentary, it’s a typical meta moment from this era’s generation of…
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