Category: Film
F1: A Barometer for “the Current Culture”
Perhaps there’s no more appropriate time for F1 to be released than in 2025. What with the summer of Trumpism (Part Deux) reigning unchecked. Ergo, the summer [Read More…]
Wes Anderson’s “Donald Trump Movie”: The Phoenician Scheme
It’s been made apparent that, in life, you can’t count on much. Certainly not in terms of consistency. But Wes Anderson has demonstrated, time and [Read More…]
The Mask Comes Down (As Much As It Can) on Paul Reubens for Pee-wee as Himself
Perhaps the only other “personality”/comedian committed to “the bit” as much as Pee-wee Herman a.k.a. Paul Reubens (and now, a.k.a. Paul Rubenfeld) was Andy Kaufman. [Read More…]
The “More to Lose” Tie-in to Almost Famous
As Miley Cyrus continues to stoke anticipation for her ninth album, Something Beautiful, “More to Lose,” the fourth song from it that she’s released with an [Read More…]
Hurry Up and End, Or: Hurry Up Tomorrow
Of course, The Weeknd isn’t the first musician to come face to face with a botched film project a.k.a. critical and box office bomb. For, [Read More…]
David Cronenberg Reheats His Own Nachos With The Shrouds (And They’re Quite Gnarly)
Like Woody Allen, David Cronenberg is among the few auteurs of a certain age given total carte blanche to make whatever kind of movie he [Read More…]
The Friend Gets Slightly Lost in Film Translation
The most challenging thing about adapting a novel to a film is when that novel is highly internal. Sigrid Nunez’s 2018 book, The Friend, is just [Read More…]
Homage to Red Eye or Not, Drop Is Still the Kind of Movie Designed for an Immediate Streaming Release
In 2005, it made sense to release a movie like Red Eye in theaters. After all, streaming hadn’t taken an unstoppable hold over audiences yet and Red Eye was [Read More…]
In the AI Universe, Madonna Killed the Pope With Her Body à la Body of Evidence
As usual, something Madonna did turned out to be rather prescient and ahead of the curve. In this case, posting controversial (to the pearl clutchers) [Read More…]
Don’t Call Sinners the Black From Dusk Till Dawn
Despite the universal praise for Ryan Coogler’s latest film, Sinners, there is something of a pall hanging over it as a result of the comparisons that [Read More…]
