Category: Film
“What’s Wrong Can Never Be Made Right”: The Ronny Cammareri View of Life
When you’re a woman, whether of the 80s or now, there is only one man–and it’s Ronny Cammareri (Nicolas Cage) from Moonstruck. His intensity, constant [Read More…]
Me Without You: You’re Never As Close To Someone As You Think You Are
In the constant barrage of releases, it’s easy for certain movies to remain under the radar despite how impressive they are. Me Without You is [Read More…]
Miss You Already Doesn’t Get Under Your Skin Enough to Miss By the Time It’s Over
Miss You Already should be the type of movie that restores your faith in the chick flick–yes, it’s a misogynist term, but remains applicable to [Read More…]
Janet Hubert a.k.a. Aunt Viv Ain’t Buyin’ Jada Pinkett Smith’s Self-Righteous Boycott
It’s a bit uncomfortable sometimes when celebrities who have only been known for one role that was about twenty years ago suddenly lash out on [Read More…]
The Older You Get, The More You Understand Joel & Clementine’s Desire for Memory Erasure in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
When you watch what is arguably Charlie Kaufman’s screenwriting masterpiece (though, if you’re an aspiring screenwriter, you’re inclined to be partial to Adaptation) as a, [Read More…]
“The Truth is Like Poetry–and Most People Fucking Hate Poetry”: Life Lessons from The Big Short
Think back to that time not long ago you’ve conveniently put out of your memory. It was from 2005 to 2006, when all the world [Read More…]
The Danish Girl Shows Us That When Art & Love Combine, It’s Always Fucked Up
As couples throughout the history of art and creativity have shown us time and time again, to be with another artist seals one’s fate for [Read More…]
The Revenant: You Can’t Say You Deserve an Oscar Until You’ve Crawled Inside a Dead Horse
As the history of great storytelling has reiterated time and time again, most lauded narratives tend to be fueled by revenge. Alejandro G. Iñárritu, once called Alejandro [Read More…]
Love & Obsession, As Deciphered By Sleeping With Other People
The age-old question of whether or not men and women can truly be friends is addressed in a new light with Leslye Headland’s Sleeping With Other [Read More…]
Youth: Paolo Sorrentino’s Greatest “Testament” Yet
For many, especially Italians, there will never be a comparison to Paolo Sorrentino’s 2013 pièce de résistance, La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty). Its Fellini-esque [Read More…]
