Tag: robert zemeckis
Death Becomes Her: The Ultimate Female Aging Commentary
In the early 90s, Hollywood was becoming more self-aware of its own ageism. Perhaps in a manner not seen since Billy Wilder’s groundbreaking 1950 film, [Read More…]
Death Becomes Her and Beef: On Being Attracted to the Energy of a Person You Despise
In 1992’s Death Becomes Her, the long-standing “friendship” between Madeline Ashton (Meryl Streep) and Helen Sharp (Goldie Hawn) quickly reveals itself to be a frenemyship [Read More…]
Donald T and Rudy G: Giving the Death Becomes Her Broads A Run For Their Money
Perhaps the analogy dripped into one’s consciousness right around the time Rudy Giuliani’s hair dye started to. This notion that Donald “Orange One” Trump and [Read More…]
The Old Guard: Death Becomes Her But With Purer Intentions
The ennui–the sheer “I’ve seen it all” aura–that goes with the territory of living for “too long” (which, yes, is very much a thing) already [Read More…]
On Death Becomes Her Riffing Off What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
At the core of every long-standing and staunchly embittered female rivalry (at least in the twentieth century, though obviously it’s still happening now) is, of [Read More…]
Allied: Like if Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Inglourious Basterds Had a Baby
“French” Morocco, 1942. A man drops down in the middle of the desert by parachute, walks a while and gets into a car where he’s [Read More…]
Beyond the Skin Deep: The Canniness of Death Becomes Her
For whatever reason, the 90s in film seemed to be not only a time for maudlin fare (see: Scent of a Woman), but also for [Read More…]
On the Weirdness of 2015’s Imminence Mainly Because This Was the “Futuristic” Year in Back to the Future II
While it’s obvious by now that 2015 won’t be offering the hover boards and petite pizzas that instantly turn full-size when you put them in [Read More…]
