Category: Film
Like the Artist, Nomads Are Regarded As Psychotic For Their Life Choices, Yet Themselves See Mainstream Society As the Pazzo Ones: Nomadland
It was said in an Ozu movie that staying in one place too long can make you mean. “Mean” perhaps intending bitter. Wondering about all [Read More…]
“A Couple of Pathetic Stellas Trying to Get Their Groove Back”: Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
“Sometimes you gotta step outta your box a little. Then you’ll know what life is really about.” This is the narration that comes at the [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #36: (Celebrities) Letting the ArcLight Close
In a series called Mondo Bullshittio, let’s talk about some of the most glaring hypocrisies and faux pas in pop culture… and all that it [Read More…]
Angel-A: City of Angels (a.k.a. Wings of Desire) Meets It’s A Wonderful Life
While the ending of Angel-A has a certain taint to its “forced hand” nature in terms of “persuading” (with physical coercion) a girl that she [Read More…]
Jesus Chose Not to Revive After Being Forced to Dance With Rebecca Leeman
There is a certain type of Christian, of course. Whether Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist or, in Rebecca Ann Leeman’s (Denise Richards) case, Lutheran. The kind who [Read More…]
Did It Really Happen That Way?: Kid 90
Because it’s impossible to think of precocious (read: drug prone) teens in L.A. in the 90s without also thinking of Bret Easton Ellis’ writing style, [Read More…]
Bikini Kill Gets Passed Down to a New Generation in Moxie
A girl runs through the woods in a panicked frenzy. It’s the stuff of nightmares (and also something out of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)–and that’s [Read More…]
The Only Thing That Could Excuse Coming 2 America Being So Bad Is If It Actually Took Place in America for More Than Five Minutes
There is a moment when Lavelle Junson (Jermaine Fowler) tries to ease the pain of watching Coming 2 America (and yes, it is actually stylized [Read More…]
To All the Boys: Always and Forever Provides Little More Than An NYU Ad
As the final filmic installment in the To All the Boys series, this particular one holds an especial weight in terms of concluding the narrative [Read More…]
The Present Purpose of Rockumentaries Is A Little Blurry
“Are you okay? I’m okay because you’re okay,” Billie Eilish announces at the final show of her 2018 Where’s My Mind Tour in Salt Lake [Read More…]
