Category: Film
A Certain Foreshadowing Re: Britney Spears Auditioning for the Part of a Woman Who Ends Up Developing Dementia
Despite the information being well-trodden at this juncture, we all know by now that everything old can be made new again. So it is that [Read More…]
Jewish Horror: The Claustrophobic Neurosis of Shiva Baby
A shiva after turning a trick is bad enough, of course. But a shiva where the john you just turned the trick for shows up? [Read More…]
Post-2020, Agoraphobics Are The New Empathetic Character: The Woman in the Window
Like Rear Window, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 classic that makes for such an obvious comparison to The Woman in the Window, the latter Amy Adams-starring “slow [Read More…]
Lo Siento J. Lo, Selena: The Series Is Better Than Selena
For many reasons, Selena feels—particularly at this moment in time—like a rushed project. Pushed out at an extremely breakneck pace (considering the way the film [Read More…]
Psycho: A Mother’s Day Movie
There are perhaps too many “Mother’s Day” movies—all with their mother-child dynamics—to choose from, regardless of being presented as such or not. There’s Mother, the Albert [Read More…]
Olympia Dukakis Was So Much More Than Moonstruck
It was only once, in 1964, that Olympia Dukakis had a role that could be literally described as “Young Mother” in Twice a Man. Never [Read More…]
Chadwick Boseman As an NFT Feels Decidedly Black Mirror
Whatever NFTs really are—for no one actually knows their purpose no matter how intricately the reason for them is described—the look of the one created [Read More…]
Juno and Promising Young Woman: What the Most Recent Female Wins for Best Screenplay Have in Common
A woman winning any Academy Award is relatively uncommon. And among the least common is the coveted writing award. For yes, as Joe Gillis cynically [Read More…]
Like the Artist, Nomads Are Regarded As Psychotic For Their Life Choices, Yet Themselves See Mainstream Society As the Pazzo Ones: Nomadland
It was said in an Ozu movie that staying in one place too long can make you mean. “Mean” perhaps intending bitter. Wondering about all [Read More…]
“A Couple of Pathetic Stellas Trying to Get Their Groove Back”: Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
“Sometimes you gotta step outta your box a little. Then you’ll know what life is really about.” This is the narration that comes at the [Read More…]
