Category: Film
Bradley Cooper Persists in His Typecast as The Bad Boy Gone Good in Burnt a.k.a. Aloha 2
As Bradley Cooper’s filmography continues to expand, it’s surprising to find that rather than opting for the expected stereotype of someone with an aesthetic such [Read More…]
The Psychology of Friendship as Highlighted by Queen of Earth
A one-two punch of emotional trauma can be especially difficult for someone prone to always getting their way in life, and generally having things in [Read More…]
Sophia Loren Builds on Her Bitch Face Resume in Latest D&G Campaign Ad
Just when you thought Sophia Loren’s bitch face couldn’t possibly top that time in 1957 when she gave Jayne Mansfield a look that could kill [Read More…]
Lucille Ball Is The Future of All NYC Women in Stone Pillow
Lucille Ball never quite got the accolades she deserved for switching to drama in the 1985 TV movie, Stone Pillow. Directed by George Schaefer, the [Read More…]
Time Out of Mind Gives An Empathetic, Though Somewhat Sanitized Lens into NYC’s Homeless
For a population often overlooked or simply ignored, Oren Moverman’s Time Out of Mind offers at least some modicum of respect and empathy to the homeless–specifically those [Read More…]
Zosia Mamet Playing Patti Smith Feels Horribly Wrong
There have been a lot of bad casting choices going on lately, and yeah, sometimes it’s hard to find the right person who feels willing [Read More…]
Thunderbirds! Mistaken Identities! The 70s!: The Lady in the Car With Glasses and a Gun
“I’ve never seen the sea. I’ve never seen the sea.” It is this logic that guides the heroine of the remake of the 1970 German [Read More…]
The Lobster: A Boiling Romance
The somehow not so far-fetched concept of Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Lobster centers on the love-oriented travails of David (Colin Farrell), a man whose wife falls [Read More…]
Anglicans Charlotte Rampling and Michael Caine Weigh In On Oscar Diversity “Issue”
It’s rare when white people “in the media” actually hit back when black people declare racism. In the past, to do so would be deemed [Read More…]
Tarantino’s Meta Metaness
Quentin Tarantino–the ultimate film nerd–only attracts fellow nerds when it comes to intricately dissecting the alternate universe that pops off the page of his screenplays. [Read More…]
