Tag: San Francisco
Inside Out 2: Perhaps Even More Anti-San Francisco Than Inside Out Due to Entirely Excluding the City From the Narrative
While the first Inside Out was a patently anti-San Francisco movie, the sequel has proven to perhaps be even less generous—dare one even say, actually [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…]
In-n-Out to San Francisco: Drop Dead
If there is one thing decidedly Californian apart from serial killing, it’s the state’s West Coast monopoly on In-n-Out. A magical fast-food place that bulldozes [Read More…]
The Theory That We Are All In Some Version of David Fincher’s The Game Right Now
Of course, like any closed off, impossibly callous person, Nicholas van Orton (Michael Douglas) suffered an unforgettable trauma in his childhood: bearing witness to the [Read More…]
The Diary of a Teenage Girl Confirms That Debauchery is the San Francisco Treat
“What’s the point of living if nobody loves you?” asks 15-year-old Minnie Goetze (Bel Powley, best known for her role on the British TV series M.I. [Read More…]
Is There Any Particular Reason Alexander Skarsgård Felt Compelled to Dress in Drag?
Maybe it’s pointless to discern celebrity motives at this juncture in the fame game. Is it all truly rooted in a cry for attention masked [Read More…]
The Harmonious Melding of the Styles of Margaret Keane, Tim Burton & Lana Del Rey in Big Eyes
While Natalie Portman as Alice Ayres/Jane Jones in Closer may have said, “Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes [Read More…]
The Plot of Fuller House Be Soundin’ Hella Trashy
Back in 1987, the concept of Full House probably seemed edgy and embracing of “alternative” families. It also kind of ripped off the plot of [Read More…]
Why Citizen Kane Is An Insult to William Randolph Hearst
Citizen Kane, consistently regarded as one of the best pieces of American cinema ever made, may be intended as an homage to William Randolph Hearst–even [Read More…]
