Category: Film
What Rainer Fassbinder’s Ali Says About Outsider Influence on Relationsips
“Sometimes I wish it was just you and me alone in the world.” So says Emmi (Brigitte Mira), the widowed protagonist in one of Rainer [Read More…]
The Most Straightforward Movie Titles of All-Time
Most films like to leave a bit to the imagination when it comes to their title. Even something as seemingly obvious as Sunset Boulevard isn’t [Read More…]
Mourning the Loss of the Acceptance of Maudlinness in Film (Specifically 90s Cinema)
While, at the time it was happening, the 90s appeared to be an angst-ridden, moody decade, looking back now, it seems like everyone was complaining [Read More…]
Mike Nichols: A Director Who Engaged in All Sides of the Entertainment Business
Escaping from Nazi Germany as a 7-year-old in 1939, the dramatic stage was set for Mike Nichols early on in life. His family fled to [Read More…]
The Best Movies In Which Musicianship Is A Key Plot Point
The life of a musician is no easy existence, particularly if he struggles to find an audience that understands and appreciates his work. The filmic [Read More…]
Amores Perros & 2666: Showcasing Mexico At Its Modern Worst
Although Alejandro González Iñárritu’s 2000 film Amores Perros is not an epic piece of literature in the same impressively expansive vein as Roberto Bolaño’s 2004 [Read More…]
The Mean Girls Reunion Spread Indicates None of the Former Cast Members Have Shit to Do
When Mean Girls came out, all those years ago in 2004, it was already being likened to a modern day Heathers. Ten years later, it’s [Read More…]
The Aesthetic Similarities Between Shailene Woodley and Gaby Hoffmann
To the untrained eye, it might seem as though there is nothing aesthetically similar between Shailene Woodley and Gaby Hoffmann. The two share a ten [Read More…]
“Ain’t No Sunshine” Only Ever Applies to Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts, possibly the last of the great Hollywood actresses of the “mega movie star” era that seemed to end in the 90s, has frequently [Read More…]
Quintessentially 80s Moves
The 1980s were brimming with distinction for a number of reasons, and not just because of the decadence and AIDS outbreaks. The way people spoke [Read More…]
