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Throw Down: The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

Throw Down: The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

Picking up mere moments from where The Matrix Reloaded left off, the sweeping conclusion to the Matrix trilogy weaves a now expansive mythology into its towering climax. Unexpected and dizzying in its complex narrative developments and operatic action sequences that fulfill the destiny of Neo, the triumph of love over

Throw Down: The Animatrix (2003)

Throw Down: The Animatrix (2003)

While in Japan promoting The Matrix, the Wachowskis met many of the legendary animators whose work had influenced their cyberpunk masterpiece, and began a journey to collaborate with them on a series of animated shorts that would expand the universe of The Matrix. The Animatrix, released in 2003 between The

Chime: It Tolls For Thee

Chime: It Tolls For Thee

It’s a dull hum. A distant ringing. Like a wistful, lingering doorbell, fuzzy and familiar. A sound you’ve heard a thousand times, a beacon of modern existence, these sonic signatures that begin to sand down the folds of the mind. The thrum of the train, the clattering of

Throw Down: The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

Throw Down: The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

Following up The Matrix seems like an impossible task. A flawless film blending decades of influence with spellbinding cinematic energy and stunningly inventive filmmaking technique, what more is there to do? For the Wachowskis, the only thing to do is craft a startlingly idiosyncratic two part cinematic epic that completely

Throw Down: The Matrix (1999)

Throw Down: The Matrix (1999)

Opening with studio logos turned into malleable green code, The Matrix immediately signaled its ethos of rebellion against corporate systems. A verdant haze blankets the film, a visual coding of a false reality, a world that must be shattered, an oppressive existence without freedom or agency. A hapless software developer