Category: Film
Promising Young Woman and the Muzzling of Film Criticism
Although it was a sound bite that already caught on last year, as Promising Young Woman starts to gain a wider reach, it’s only natural [Read More…]
The Madhouse Instigator in Quills & One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
In every “madhouse” (even though we’re all mad here on Earth), it seems as though there’s one “ringleader” who is a bit more “sane” than [Read More…]
Writing Is My Erection: Quills
While the Marquis de Sade’s life needs no great embellishment to make it interesting, it certainly benefited from the creative liberties of Philip Kaufman’s 2000 [Read More…]
Wonder Woman 1984: When Jafar Gets Hold of the Genie Bottle or Jim Carrey Becomes God
“No true hero is born from lies.” This is the piece of advice given to young Diana Prince a.k.a. Wonder Woman at the outset of [Read More…]
Locked Down: A Narrative Thread as Tenuous as Lockdown Orders Themselves
As Locked Down continues to receive some harsh criticism, including the decree that it’s not the pandemic movie we needed (apparently, only Contagion can still [Read More…]
If La La Land Had a Woody Allen Slant: It Happened in L.A.
“Love” stories that take place in Los Angeles are, of course, rather rare. Mainly because it is not a city that one tends to find [Read More…]
Slice: Don’t Show this Movie to the QAnon Crew
Getting right to the meat (pepperoni or otherwise) of the story, Slice opens with your average scene of a pizza delivery guy in a generic [Read More…]
The Night of a New Hunter: Promising Young Woman
It would be another in a series of reductive and belittling statements to call Promising Young Woman like Kill Bill, but instead of the protagonist [Read More…]
Death to 2020: A Mockumentary As Flat Yet Jam-Packed As The Year Itself
Death to 2020. It’s the most popular sentiment of the year. One that has reached a crescendo during the final month that has been almost [Read More…]
Xmas in NY Ain’t the Rockettes and Rockefeller Center, But Rather, ‘R Xmas
With the hangover of the 90s still fresh in Abel Ferrara’s mind at the time (plus 9/11 being still several months away), May 2001 seemed [Read More…]
