Tag: Woody Allen
Don’t Be Afraid of Beau Is Afraid—Unless the Overbearing Jewish Mother Trope Is Your Worst Nightmare
As one of those movies that has so much psychological buildup surrounding it before one even goes into the theater (or rather, if one goes [Read More…]
Not Cute: Meet Cute
Like Gary (Pete Davidson), we already have some vague level of understanding about what we’re getting into when we first encounter Sheila (Kaley Cuoco) at [Read More…]
Last Action Hero Is Ultimately Just The Purple Rose of Cairo
It’s usually the norm for Woody Allen to be the one to steal concepts from other filmmakers or playwrights and rework them for himself (see: [Read More…]
A Festival of Cringeworthy Non Sequiturs
In Sunset Boulevard, semi-professional screenwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden) gives one of many memorable voiceovers in the form of, “Sometimes it’s interesting to see just [Read More…]
But I Thought You Were A Cuomosexual
New Yorkers are so fickle. One day you’re “in like Flynn” (pardon the rape-originated saying), the next you’re out with the trash because the “collective” [Read More…]
Mondo Appropriato #1: Andrew Cuomo Obtaining the Same Lawyer Who Defended Allen and Weinstein
In a new series called Mondo Appropriato, Culled Culture examines how “on the nose” something is in the pop cultural and/or political landscape. Although Andrew [Read More…]
If La La Land Had a Woody Allen Slant: It Happened in L.A.
“Love” stories that take place in Los Angeles are, of course, rather rare. Mainly because it is not a city that one tends to find [Read More…]
Sofia Coppola’s Integrity Goes On the Rocks After Her Foray Into Later Woody Allen Territory
It was only last year that A Rainy Day in New York, with its wet behind the ears perspective of the city, graced foreign theaters [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #20: Spike Lee’s Immediate Renouncement of Woody Allen Defense
As part of his promotional blitzkrieg for his twenty-fourth feature, Da 5 Bloods, auteur Spike Lee was interviewed for WOR 710, an NY-based radio station, [Read More…]
A Rainy Day in New York Offers A Wet Behind the Ears Perspective of the City
A crowd outside of the theater clamors to get into two sold out showings of Woody Allen’s latest movie. The herd of people extending down [Read More…]
