Category: Film
Curating Pain and a Road Trip Route: Driving Home 2 U
The acceleration of time within the framework of “modern fame” is something Olivia Rodrigo knows all about. From Old Navy commercial to Disney star to [Read More…]
White Folk Sure Are Crazy: The Northman
“Hate is all I’ve ever known. I want to be free of it.” Wanting and doing, of course, are two entirely different things. Particularly for [Read More…]
As Usual, Madonna Does It Better–Including Marilyn Drag
One atrocious tribute at the Met Gala, and now Kim’s name is automatically associated with Marilyn’s? Try staying committed to Marilyn drag your entire career. [Read More…]
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On Touches on the Craving for a Tangible Community That Has Been Lost Among Humans
“It’s nice to do together, because it’s well-intentioned,” Jenny Slate says in a 2011 interview with Brian Williams (who also seems only too eager to [Read More…]
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes Re-Emphasizes How Marilyn Forged the Blueprint of Modern Fame and the Media/Societal Thirst For Chewing Up and Spitting Out Women
Maybe the obsession with glamorizing Hollywood celebrity is almost as strong as the obsession with peeking behind the curtain to see just how sinister life [Read More…]
A Woman’s Body Is Government Property: L’événement is a Tale Set in 1963 That Remains Tragically Relevant in the Modern Era
The French have never been wont to sugar-coat anything. And why would they bother to do so with abortion? Or, at least, why would writer-director [Read More…]
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is Mostly Bearable, Yet Perhaps Overly Trite
“We’re back… not that we ever went anywhere.” So goes the catch phrase that Nicolas Cage (or rather, a fictionalized version of him) likes to [Read More…]
Abercrombie & Suburban Repression: Abercrombie & Fitch: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie Explores a Millennial Staple That Made Everyone Look Like a Douche Even At Its Peak
As one of the many offerings of late favoring 00s-based nostalgia, Senior Year shows its main character, Stephanie Conway (Rebel Wilson), waking up from a [Read More…]
Everything Everywhere All At Once: No, It’s Not About Trying to Absorb Mass Media in the Twenty-First Century
Who among us has not wondered what more we might be? How our lives could be altered (read: better) if we had just made one [Read More…]
Morbius Should Have Worked at Theranos (and Other Thoughts on the Movie)
Managing to topple The Lost City from its short-lived number one spot at the box office, Morbius is the film that has quickly become the [Read More…]
