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  • Inland Empire (2006)
    Review preview for Inland Empire

    Imagery and sound are so closely wedded throughout that at times it seems meaningless to distinguish between the two.

    Max Crawford · 5 out of 5
    A married actress falls for her leading man whilst making a film about an illicit affair.
  • Strange Harvest: Occult Murder In The Inland Empire (2024)
    Review preview for Strange Harvest: Occult Murder In The Inland Empire

    Ortiz, like many a filmmaker before him, acknowledges a debt to HP Lovecraft, but his work here is more in tune with that author’s style than most, in that it resists the temptation to reveal too much or to offer reasoned explanations.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A faux true-crime documentary about two detectives pursuit of an infamous serial killer named Mr. Shiny, who terrorised Southern California for almost two decades.

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