Category: Film
All Superheroes Wear Capes: Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
Walter Mercado was in the business of psychic energy before it was a co-optable millennial trend. Shit, even before Miss Cleo made it to TV. [Read More…]
The Old Guard: Death Becomes Her But With Purer Intentions
The ennui–the sheer “I’ve seen it all” aura–that goes with the territory of living for “too long” (which, yes, is very much a thing) already [Read More…]
Beauty and the Beast With BDSM: Why 365 Days Is Simultaneously Loved and Despised By Women
With the reckoning on how to portray male-female relationships in the wake of #MeToo, a film like 365 Days could, of course, never get made [Read More…]
Why Drop Dead Gorgeous is the Perfect 4th of July Movie Now More Than Ever
In 1999, America was still riding high on the buzz of its prosperity, wrought in large part by Bill Clinton, whose personal scandals overshadowed many [Read More…]
Reign of Puerility: The King of Staten Island
It’s easy to be the king when not many people are vying for your dominion. In Scott Carlin’s (Pete Davidson) case, that would be Staten [Read More…]
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Reunion Comes at a Time When the Overt Privilege of the Lead Character is Especially Icky to Look At
As the hotbed issue of privilege continues to manifest throughout the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement, it seems irreverently (in)appropriate that the cast [Read More…]
Emotional Queen: Ariana Grande Dressing as Midsommar’s Dani Ardor
When it comes to bringing her esoteric (by normal people standards) costume A game, Ariana Grande is undeniably the winner in terms of mainstream pop [Read More…]
Camp Honors Camp in Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Of course it’s a movie that will be easy for critics and casual viewers alike to attack. Picking apart a cockamamie plotline and a comedy [Read More…]
The Lovebirds Is A Rom-Comified Criticism of Rightful POC Paranoia About Police Discrimination
For a “lighthearted” comedy about a couple forced to rethink their breakup when they find themselves in the midst of a cultish crime, Michael Showalter’s [Read More…]
The Politician Season 2 Is Ryan Murphy’s Battle Cry for Gen Z
With Trump’s rally in Tulsa having recently been bamboozled by so-called “TikTokers and K-pop fans”–just roundabout descriptors for saying Gen Z–the generational war has never [Read More…]
