Category: Film
Hello? Am I The Only One Who Thought It Reeked?: The Plight of Ambular
For some people, feeling like the only one who ever seems to see reason is a rare occurrence. For others, like Amber ‘Ambular’ Mariens (Elisa [Read More…]
The Importance of Being As Earnest As Frances Ha
In modern film, it’s difficult to find a character that possesses any amount of sincerity. All you get these days are clever automatons in the [Read More…]
Movie Reunions: A Sad Homage to the Films Themselves
The popularity of movie reunions is telling of the surge of nostalgia people feel for an era in cinema they (rightly) deem to be better [Read More…]
Why Do Modern Rom-Coms Make Us Cringe?
There was a time when rom-coms couldn’t be churned out fast enough. Now, one has to suck a studio exec’s dick (though, when doesn’t one [Read More…]
Robert DeNiro Sugar Coats Nothing For Tisch School Graduates
While most commencement speakers at graduation ceremonies prefer to keep things light and encouraging for students about to face the big, bad world, Robert DeNiro [Read More…]
How The Beautician and The Beast Is Just One Long The Nanny Episode
It can’t be denied that the height of Fran Drescher’s fame was from 1993 to 1999, the time during which The Nanny aired on CBS. [Read More…]
The Harmonious Melding of the Styles of Margaret Keane, Tim Burton & Lana Del Rey in Big Eyes
While Natalie Portman as Alice Ayres/Jane Jones in Closer may have said, “Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes [Read More…]
The Winehouse War: Amy’s Family Voices Discontent With Upcoming Documentary
So it goes that even in death, Amy Winehouse still can’t seem to find any peace. With the recent announcement of a documentary entitled Amy [Read More…]
3 Women Embodies Elements of All About Eve, Persona, Desperately Seeking Susan and Single White Female
Perhaps among Robert Altman’s most bizarre (which is saying a lot) works, 1977’s 3 Women stemmed from a dream the auteur had and then decided [Read More…]
A Little Bit of Heaven: A Little Bit Like Just Like Heaven and Not As Bad As Everyone Says
Maybe the 2011 film A Little Bit of Heaven starring Kate Hudson and Gael García Bernal evaded you. Or maybe you assumed you already saw [Read More…]
