Category: Film
B-Side: A Story About a Britney Spears-esque Fading Pop Star
It’s a tale as old as the existence of celebrity: a famous person (or waning famous person, in this case) falling in love with a [Read More…]
The Prodigious Jean-Pierre Jeunet & His Careful Pulling At Our Heartstrings in The Young & Prodigious T.S. Spivet
Jean-Pierre Jeunet is one of the most meticulous filmmakers alive today. This is perhaps why he is considered prodigious rather than prolific. After all, his [Read More…]
By the Light of the Silverscreen: Movies Illuminate The Wolfpack
“If I didn’t have movies, life would be pretty boring. And there wouldn’t be any point to go on, you see?” So goes the sentiment [Read More…]
Breaking Down the Barriers of Fort Tilden
“This is tediously adorable.” It’s the very sentence that encapsulates how most people view the lives of mid to late twenty-somethings, particularly those of the white girl [Read More…]
Dior and I: A Tale of Living Up to Expectations
“Some have alcohol in them,” says Monique, one of the seamstresses of the Dior atelier about her candy at the height of the stress levels [Read More…]
Guy Ritchie, The Man From Hatfield, Gives Us The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
It would seem as though Guy Ritchie has been keeping a low profile since his last film came out in 2011. A sequel to Sherlock [Read More…]
Everyone Needs A Mistress America
“Isn’t every story a story of betrayal?” So begins Noah Baumbach’s Mistress America. It’s a classic writer’s tale: using someone else’s life as one’s own fodder. [Read More…]
Relating to Rebecca’s Bourgeois Desires As Well As Enid’s Need to Disappear & Be Free in Ghost World
At one point or another in our lives, we all feel the dilemma presented via the bifurcating paths taken by Enid (Thora Birch) and Rebecca [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 End of the Tour Is Just the Start of Analyzing David Foster Wallace
“Technology is only going to get better. And it’s going to become more and more comfortable for people to sit in a room alone enjoying [Read More…]
