Category: Film
Locked Down: A Narrative Thread as Tenuous as Lockdown Orders Themselves
As Locked Down continues to receive some harsh criticism, including the decree that it’s not the pandemic movie we needed (apparently, only Contagion can still [Read More…]
If La La Land Had a Woody Allen Slant: It Happened in L.A.
“Love” stories that take place in Los Angeles are, of course, rather rare. Mainly because it is not a city that one tends to find [Read More…]
Slice: Don’t Show this Movie to the QAnon Crew
Getting right to the meat (pepperoni or otherwise) of the story, Slice opens with your average scene of a pizza delivery guy in a generic [Read More…]
The Night of a New Hunter: Promising Young Woman
It would be another in a series of reductive and belittling statements to call Promising Young Woman like Kill Bill, but instead of the protagonist [Read More…]
Death to 2020: A Mockumentary As Flat Yet Jam-Packed As The Year Itself
Death to 2020. It’s the most popular sentiment of the year. One that has reached a crescendo during the final month that has been almost [Read More…]
Xmas in NY Ain’t the Rockettes and Rockefeller Center, But Rather, ‘R Xmas
With the hangover of the 90s still fresh in Abel Ferrara’s mind at the time (plus 9/11 being still several months away), May 2001 seemed [Read More…]
Excuse Me, I Love You: Once Again, There Will Never Be A Candle Held to Truth or Dare
At some point during Ariana Grande’s pre-show playlist for the Sweetener World Tour (or the Sweetener/Thank U, Next World Tour, if you prefer), Madonna’s “Cherish” [Read More…]
No Small Parts, Only Small Asses: Leigh Zimmerman as “Fashion Model” in Home Alone 2
In 1992, the world was a much different place. So, too, was New York, which so loves to bill itself as its own world (if [Read More…]
Dandelions and Almond Roca: Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
In 1990, Winona Ryder would continue to fine-tune being typecast as the “outsider” and the “freak” in Jim Abrahams’ Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael. After directing [Read More…]
Mrs. Maisel Enters the 70s: I’m Your Woman
Rachel Brosnahan has, of course, come a long way from playing “Girl” on a 2010 episode of Gossip Girl (fittingly, for her Mrs. Maisel-oriented Daddy [Read More…]
