Category: Film
Inside Out 2: Perhaps Even More Anti-San Francisco Than Inside Out Due to Entirely Excluding the City From the Narrative
While the first Inside Out was a patently anti-San Francisco movie, the sequel has proven to perhaps be even less generous—dare one even say, actually [Read More…]
Inside Out 2: When You Grow Up, Your Heart Dies
The world was a vastly different place nine years ago, when the first Inside Out was released. Though, at the time, it might have felt [Read More…]
The Bikeriders Ending: Not Necessarily a “Happy” One
Because The Bikeriders is filled with so much death and tragedy, it’s to be expected that writer-director Jeff Nichols might want to throw the audience [Read More…]
“Ride” and The Bikeriders: An Obvious Match
Although Jeff Nichols’ latest film, The Bikeriders, is absolutely correct in wielding The Shangri-Las’ “Out in the Streets” as the constant musical refrain throughout the [Read More…]
The Bikeriders: America in Decay and Contentious Generational Divides Have Long Been a Motif of the Nation
One wonders, sometimes, if there was ever truly a period in U.S. history that was “golden,” so much as the nation being in an ever-increasing [Read More…]
Maxxxine: What Ryan Murphy Wishes He Could Do
Over the past decade, Ryan Murphy has positioned himself as the “go-to” for all things campy/pop culture-oriented. More than that, all things “retro” pop culture-oriented. [Read More…]
Kinds of Kindness Is More Than Kind of Fucked Up (In All the Best Possible Ways)
For those who only just got acquainted with Yorgos Lanthimos because of his star turn at the Academy Awards this year for Poor Things, it [Read More…]
On the Outside Looking In or On the Inside Looking Out?: I Saw the TV Glow
Because we live in a time where it has never been less possible to avoid the propensity for “pastiche,” it’s no wonder that Jane Schoenbrun’s [Read More…]
What’s In A Belittling Nickname? Andrew McCarthy’s Brats Seeks to Find Out
Oddly (or fortuitously) enough, Brats comes out at a time when the commentary surrounding both brats and rats has become very favorable. The former because [Read More…]
Hit Man: No Fake Friends, Just Fake Identities
For those who missed Richard Linklater’s last movie, Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood, despite how well-received it was by critics, Hit Man is [Read More…]
