Tag: The Bikeriders
Beyond Brat Summer, Or: Why It Was A Summer of Americana Via The Bikeriders and “Tough”
In many ways, Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders and Lana Del Rey x Quavo’s “Tough” achieve the same dichotomous thing: acknowledging the death of what America [Read More…]
The Bikeriders Ending: Not Necessarily a “Happy” One
Because The Bikeriders is filled with so much death and tragedy, it’s to be expected that writer-director Jeff Nichols might want to throw the audience [Read More…]
“Ride” and The Bikeriders: An Obvious Match
Although Jeff Nichols’ latest film, The Bikeriders, is absolutely correct in wielding The Shangri-Las’ “Out in the Streets” as the constant musical refrain throughout the [Read More…]
The Bikeriders: America in Decay and Contentious Generational Divides Have Long Been a Motif of the Nation
One wonders, sometimes, if there was ever truly a period in U.S. history that was “golden,” so much as the nation being in an ever-increasing [Read More…]