Category: Film
The Power of Jane Campion’s Exploration of Certain Men’s Poisonous Notion of Masculinity
“When my father passed, I wanted nothing more than my mother’s happiness,” we hear Peter Gordon (Kodi Smit-McPhee) narrate at the outset of Jane Campion’s [Read More…]
“Just Look Up”: Ariana Grande and Kid Cudi Share a Valuable Message in a Pop Song That No One Will Listen to Deeply Enough in Order to Understand the End Is Nigh
As we draw closer to the debut of Don’t Look Up on Netflix, giving some insight into just how much it’s a movie about “Armageddon [Read More…]
The Same Issues With Every Holiday Rom-Com Remain in Single All the Way Despite Its Gay Slant
Regardless of making the yuletide gay, Single All the Way, for all the praise it’s gotten (mainly for the presence of known ghoul Jennifer Coolidge [Read More…]
A Clüsterfünke Christmas Spotlights an Expanding Xmas Movie Genre: The Hallmark Parody (But The Bitch Who Stole Christmas Does It Better)
Just because the idea is there, doesn’t necessarily mean it will translate to the “greatness” imagined. Such is the case with A Clüsterfünke Christmas, written [Read More…]
Before The Bitch Who Stole Christmas, the Gayest Xmas Movie Was A Diva’s Christmas Carol
It’s been far too long since VH1 has presented us with a really gay Christmas movie. And the fact that the last time they went [Read More…]
The Souvenir Part II Accentuates What Has Always Been the Case: The Rich Are Permitted the Luxury to Make Art that Tells “Their” Story, Or a Version of It
Everyone is very eager to classify Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir Part II as “a movie about making a movie.” It makes everything “neatly” identifiable, which [Read More…]
Bad Accent Competition: House of Gucci
One would like to go into House of Gucci with an open mind, of course. And yet, it’s a challenge to do so when any [Read More…]
In Subtle Yet Palpable Ways, Ghostbusters: Afterlife Accents the Destitution of the Present in Comparison to the 80s
While Ghostbusters: Afterlife has been played up as a film filled with the kind of nostalgia that fans can surely appreciate, the “third installment” is [Read More…]
Chopstick Killer: Titane Would be Totally Original Were It Not For the Fetishists of Crash
After the “underground” success of 2016’s Raw, Julia Ducournau’s second feature film (third, if you count her TV movie, Mange), Titane, has been met with [Read More…]
More Complex Fembots—Or Rather, Menbots: I’m Your Man
It’s a “fantasy” that keeps coming up again and again. Perhaps because it feels so close to becoming a reality, what with Grimes assuring us [Read More…]
