Category: Film
The Blue-Eyed, Bored Spectacle That Was the 2015 Oscars
If one could sum up the 2015 Oscars in a single phrase, it would have to be: blue-eyed bores. The eerie fact that about 90% [Read More…]
If There Really Had Been a The First Wives Club Sequel
With Goldie Hawn’s candid reveal about why The First Wives Club never had a sequel, it leaves one wondering what the premise of the second [Read More…]
Kristen Stewart Winning a César Award Can be Attributed to the French Love of Camp
If you asked most American fans of Kristen Stewart what a César Award was, they would probably scratch their heads quizzically and belch. Best known for [Read More…]
The Resonance of The Breakfast Club Thirty Years Later
On February 15, 1985, thirty years ago today, The Breakfast Club, a modest teen movie that read more like a play than a film, was [Read More…]
Twisted Romance: The Best Movies About Love Gone Wrong Just in Time For Valentine’s Day
There’s a lot of fucked up romances in cinematic history, and in real life history, for that matter. But honing in on the most twisted [Read More…]
Life-Size: An Attempt at Cautioning Against Children of the Future
Before Lindsay Lohan became a household name with Mean Girls in 2004, she was still an active Disney shill in movies like The Parent Trap, [Read More…]
The Chauvinistic Overtones of Episode Five in Berlin Alexanderplatz
Considering the time period in which Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s adaptation of Berlin Alexanderplatz took place (the late 1920s), the prevalence of misogyny isn’t all that [Read More…]
On the Antiquated Views of Sexuality in Love Potion No. 9
Although Love Potion No. 9 came out in 1992, a time in the twentieth century that had at least somewhat established that there were other [Read More…]
What the 2015 Golden Globe Winners Say About American Pop Culture Right Now
The Golden Globes have continued to gain more recognition as an awards ceremony that isn’t merely a bastard precursor to the Academy Awards. As its [Read More…]
With the Death of Anita Ekberg Comes the Death of La Dolce Vita As We Knew It
There have been so many actresses in film history who have made a lasting impression on the silver screen with minimal screen time (see: Major [Read More…]
