Category: Film
2025: A (Mostly) Lackluster Year in Film in Pretty Much Every Way Possible
Looking back at 2025, there were many lackluster elements about it (almost as many as there were “what the fuck?” elements). But most noticeably when [Read More…]
On Introverts and Misanthropes Being Trolled by The Muppet Christmas Carol Line, “And if you need to know the measure of a man, you simply count his friends.”
In the category of, “Well, guess I’m fucked then,” there’s a particular lyric from 1992’s The Muppet Christmas Carol that will leave introverts, shy people [Read More…]
In the Present, Kate McCallister Would Be Called a “Karen” Rather Than “Hyper”
While the fan focus of Home Alone tends to be on Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) or his antagonists, Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern), Kevin’s mom, [Read More…]
A New Key Takeaway From Home Alone: Busybodies Ruin Lives
As the obsession with Home Alone only grows stronger with each passing year, it’s been studied almost like a hallowed text. And technically, it is, [Read More…]
Apart from Illuminating His Sexual Abuses and Violences, Sean Combs: The Reckoning Makes It Clear That Diddy’s Own Insecurities About His Lack of Talent Are What Turned Him Into Such a Monster
*Note: throughout this article, Sean Combs will be referred to dissonantly by his various names, perhaps a testament to the many masks he wears. Among [Read More…]
From a Warped Sense of Self to Missing Most of Real Life, Jay Kelly is An Unflinching Look at the Tradeoffs of Being an Actor—Or, More Precisely, a Movie Star
While the genericness of the title might fool one into believing that Noah Baumbach’s latest film (co-written, unexpectedly, with Emily Mortimer), Jay Kelly (not to [Read More…]
Macaulay Culkin Doubles Down on His “Wanna Feel Old?” Troll with a New Home Alone-Inspired Advert About In-Home Care for Kevin’s Mom
As though to further build on his infamous 2020 tweet (back when Twitter was still Twitter) that went, “Wanna feel old? I’m forty now,” Macaulay [Read More…]
“When Will They Ever Learn?”: Bugonia Is Mercilessly Unsympathetic Toward Humankind (And It’s Deserved)
To many, Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest film, Bugonia (a remake of Jang Joon-hwan’s 2003 movie, Save the Green Planet!), will come across as being “preachy.” To be sure, there’s [Read More…]
There Would Be No “Bad Girl” Video Without Diane Keaton
Of all Madonna’s many videos, perhaps one of the most standout (while still being simultaneously underrated) for its cinematic qualities is 1993’s “Bad Girl.” And [Read More…]
For Better or Worse, Diane Keaton Is Perennially Tied to Woody Allen
In her later years, some of the best work of Diane Keaton’s career came under fire/grew somewhat tainted for its inextricable association with Woody Allen. [Read More…]
