Category: Film
Dunkirk: A Philosophy of Ethics Landmine
Like all requisite major Hollywood war movies that come about roughly every five to ten years, the deaths in Dunkirk set the stage of urgency [Read More…]
Jeanne Moreau, Apex of An Iconic Bizarre Love Triangle
Coming on strong after the one-two punch of his debut and sophomore films, The 400 Blows and Don’t Shoot the Piano Player, François Truffaut followed up [Read More…]
“I’m Not Here to Collect Postcards”: The Atomic Blonde Who Came in From the Cold of London & Into the Fire of Berlin
If you thought times of political tension were anything new, Atomic Blonde is the perfect slick, yet cheeky action, yet historical film to remind you [Read More…]
John Heard: Beyond His Role As National Daddy
John Heard’s death on July 21st dredged up the role that he was, of course, most known for: “the dad from Home Alone” a.k.a. Peter [Read More…]
Home From the Hill: A Smorgasbord of Dramatic Irony
The assignation of Vincente Minnelli to a film as melodramatic and father/son-centric as Home From the Hill seemed, at first, out of place in the [Read More…]
Martin Landau, A Man of Many Lives
Longevity in Hollywood so rarely happens anymore. And usually when it does, one has to be a man in order to achieve it. Martin Landau [Read More…]
Lovesickness Overcomes Muslim Mores in The Big Sick
It has been said that love conquers all. But this was a platitude created before “intermixing”–religiously or ethnically–was deemed an offense seemingly greater than murder [Read More…]
So Won’t You Be My Little Baby (Driver)
What’s a kid with tinnitus and a love of music to do but turn to the constant infiltration of songs swelling through his earbuds to [Read More…]
If Independence Day Had Been Released in 2017
If Independence Day had been released in 2017 (we’re ignoring the whole existence of that Independence Day: Resurgence thing that happened in 2016–which was pre-Trump anyway [Read More…]
Five Less On the Nose Movies to Watch for Fourth of July
Yes, you can watch Independence Day and Born on the Fourth of July to celebrate the U.S.’ separation from Britain–a choice that grows increasingly understandable [Read More…]