Category: Film
Caught Stealing With a Hand in Pi: Darren Aronofsky’s Expertise in 1998
As Xan Brooks of The Guardian pointed out in an interview with Darren Aronofsky, his latest film, Caught Stealing, “could almost be his parallel-universe first movie, given that [Read More…]
Caught Stealing: Darren Aronofsky Might Call It a “Love Letter” to New York, But It’s More Like a Requiem (Not for a Dream)
It’s been three years since Darren Aronofsky proceeded to break audiences’ hearts with The Whale (written by Samuel D. Hunter, and based on his 2012 play). In [Read More…]
On How Tess and Anna Made Jake a Fetishist in Freaky Friday
With Disney clearly letting its hair down with just how “freaky” Freakier Friday can be, the laxity of what constitutes “family-friendly” “fun” has further increased in the [Read More…]
Freakier Friday: A Mélange of Lindsay Lohan’s “Greatest Hits” (The Parent Trap, Freaky Friday and Mean Girls)
Because there was no way Lindsay Lohan was ever going to crawl out of the depths of the toilet into which her career descended after [Read More…]
With Weapons, Zach Cregger Continues to Assert Himself as a New Auteur in the Horror Genre
Zach Cregger’s, for all intents and purposes, second movie (it seems unlikely that there would be many people counting Miss March), Weapons, is already a sign of [Read More…]
Fusion Is Nothing New: Together and The Fly
Cyndi Lauper once said (in the immortal 1984 single, “Time After Time”), “Caught up in circles/Confusion is nothing new.” But when it comes to the [Read More…]
You’ll Never Hear “2 Become 1” The Same Way Again: Together
While Alison Brie and Dave Franco are no strangers to working, er, together (see: The Rental), Together marks the first time they’ve gone all in on carrying a [Read More…]
Eddington: As Divisive As Covid
Like every Ari Aster movie to date (which now totals four), Eddington can be classified as “a hard watch.” Though this might, inarguably, be the hardest of [Read More…]
Haunted by Summer (and Nostalgia) Forever: I Know What You Did Last Summer, Requel Edition
“Nostalgia’s overrated.” This is what Julie James (Jennifer Love Hewitt) retorts at one point to Ray Bronson (Freddie Prinze Jr.), a fellow OG of being [Read More…]
On Cooper from What Lies Beneath Being Neglected and Taken for Granted
In the annals of “movie dogs,” there was perhaps never one so underused (and undervalued) as Cooper in What Lies Beneath. Written by Clark Gregg (who [Read More…]
