Tag: Alia Shawkat
The Boons and Banes of Memory Erasure in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Blink Twice
Romy Schneider once said, “Memories are the best things in life, I think.” But are they, really, if some of them serve only as a [Read More…]
Zoë Kravitz Aims to Open Eyes With Blink Twice
As a film whose working title was Pussy Island, it’s to be expected that the subject matter of Blink Twice is “controversial.” That is, if [Read More…]
Millennial Horror Show: Search Party Season 3
At one point early on in the third season of Search Party, District Attorney Polly Danziger (Michaela Watkins) tells her assistant prosecutor, “Everything I hate [Read More…]
Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin Comes to Life in Living With Yourself
Self-hate is almost an even stranger animal in the twenty-first century. For it’s so intrinsically linked to narcissism and the constant need to compare oneself [Read More…]
The Arrested Development Cast Dynamic Feels Ickier In Season 5: Or Bad Men Are Bad Dads, Too
“There are some moments that are hard to take back. Moments that create too great a shift in dynamics. An earthquake in a family that [Read More…]
Tell-Tale Heart Syndrome in Search Party Season 2: What Happens When the Problems You Thought You Wanted Become Real
When the finale of Search Party‘s first season “aired” back in November of 2016, viewers were met with a denouement very unlike any they’d ever [Read More…]
She’s A Twentieth Century Girl: Mike Mills’ Latest Picks Up Where Running With Scissors Left Off
Mike Mills has always slipped easily into the mindset of a teenage boy coming of age in an unconventional family. His film debut, Thumbsucker, back [Read More…]
Search Party Unravels the Buildup to a Disappointment That Serves As A Metaphor for Modern Letdowns
It’s that thing that can’t seem to be avoided in any new show these days–that overarching theme: millennial ennui and lack of direction/purpose. While Search [Read More…]
In Green Room, Punk’s Not Dead, But It Will Kill You
Punk may not have the cachet it once did, but it still certainly attracts a devout following. And this is exactly what an underground band [Read More…]
Me Him Her: It’s All About Sexualité
Max Landis’ buildup to his directorial debut, Me Him Her, has been a long time coming, particularly with the box office cachet of his major [Read More…]
