Tag: Cate Blanchett
Tár Sets a Trap for Proponents of Cancel Culture to Fall Right Into
It’s a familiar narrative in the headlines by now. “Genius” gets accused of abuse/sexual impropriety, “genius” is exiled after a snowballing of bad press and [Read More…]
“Just Look Up”: Ariana Grande and Kid Cudi Share a Valuable Message in a Pop Song That No One Will Listen to Deeply Enough in Order to Understand the End Is Nigh
As we draw closer to the debut of Don’t Look Up on Netflix, giving some insight into just how much it’s a movie about “Armageddon [Read More…]
Where’d You Go, Bernadette?: The Artist That Doesn’t Create Becomes A Menace to Society, But The True Artist IS A Menace to Society
A far cry from the likes of Slacker or A Scanner Darkly, Richard Linklater’s underrated adaptation of Maria Semple’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette? is perhaps [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #32: Nicole Kidman as Lucille Ball
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…]
Ocean’s 8, Greek Tragedian Vengeance & the New Hollywood Feminism
While it is easy to write Ocean’s 8 off as another pile of slop in the Hollywood trough, there is, from the outset, a certain [Read More…]
Song to Song (Person to Person)
By now, anyone willing to take whatever filmic journey Terrence Malick has in store for them is pretty committed. And those that genuinely value his [Read More…]
Cate Blanchett Proves Drag Is Just A State of Mind With Stonewall Performance of “You Don’t Own Me”
Cate Blanchett, arguably fitting into that hyperbolic category of “the greatest actress of our time,” took a moment from her schedule of creating silver screen [Read More…]
The Knight of Cups Card Reads: “You Don’t Want Love. You Want a Love Experience.”
Among one of the most polarizing directors currently making movies, Terrence Malick has returned to showcase his usual fragmented style with Knight of Cups, an impressionistic [Read More…]
Golden Globes 2016: More Interesting Than Last Year
Award shows can always go one of two ways: utterly drab or a complete shit show. In the case of this year’s Golden Globe Awards, [Read More…]
For a Good Time, Call Carol
Oh the pain, the fucking pain. That’s all one can think of while watching Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara) get out of a car to throw [Read More…]