Vortex (2022)

Vortex (2022)

Vortex begins with what are usually a film’s end credits, but unlike “Irreversible,” his 2002 provocation, this movie does not unspool backwards; the tail end is presented first because this is a movie about endings. Its dedication is “To all those whose brains will decompose before their hearts.”

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Lux Æterna (2022)

Lux Æterna (2022)

Lux Æterna is preceded in screenings by The Art of Filmmaking, a 15 minute montage of Cecil B. DeMille films narrated over with a hypnotic suggestion to relax alongside droning orchestration. The montage strobes through red, green and blue colorgrades of itself in rapid succession. The final clip, showing the crucifixion scene from The King of Kings, strobes in black and white.

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