Category: Film
Maxxxine: What Ryan Murphy Wishes He Could Do
Over the past decade, Ryan Murphy has positioned himself as the “go-to” for all things campy/pop culture-oriented. More than that, all things “retro” pop culture-oriented. [Read More…]
Kinds of Kindness Is More Than Kind of Fucked Up (In All the Best Possible Ways)
For those who only just got acquainted with Yorgos Lanthimos because of his star turn at the Academy Awards this year for Poor Things, it [Read More…]
On the Outside Looking In or On the Inside Looking Out?: I Saw the TV Glow
Because we live in a time where it has never been less possible to avoid the propensity for “pastiche,” it’s no wonder that Jane Schoenbrun’s [Read More…]
What’s In A Belittling Nickname? Andrew McCarthy’s Brats Seeks to Find Out
Oddly (or fortuitously) enough, Brats comes out at a time when the commentary surrounding both brats and rats has become very favorable. The former because [Read More…]
Hit Man: No Fake Friends, Just Fake Identities
For those who missed Richard Linklater’s last movie, Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood, despite how well-received it was by critics, Hit Man is [Read More…]
Under Paris: The Dystopian Shark Movie That Comes Just in Time for the Olympics (Though Probably Not in Time to Make a Difference for Climate Change)
On the heels of a heart-wrenching report about how pharmaceutical drugs have infected the waters of our planet so egregiously that they’re causing unexpected and [Read More…]
No Daylight for the Scheming: Night and the City
While the U.S. was riding “high” off the post-war economic boom in 1950, some Americans chose to stay behind in Europe (though most are aware [Read More…]
The Three Instances of Monoculture in 2023 Were Helmed By White Women: Taylor, Barbie and Britney
As the halfway mark of 2024 occurs, further reflection on where society was this time last year can’t help but come to mind (and, for [Read More…]
Inside Out As Anti-San Francisco Movie
With the imminent release of Inside Out 2, revisiting the original film is only natural. As it is to note that, long before the blatant [Read More…]
Furiosa: She Found Love in a Hopeless Place
If there’s any movie/film franchise that’s more relevant to the moment, it’s Mad Max. Or, in this case, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Released almost [Read More…]
