Category: Film
Doris Day Juxtaposed Against Scenes of Lynching: Two Americas Contrasted in I Am Not Your Negro
Remember This House was one of James Baldwin’s few “unfulfilled” projects, stalled at the thirty-page mark before he died in 1987 and was unable to [Read More…]
Some Kind Of Wonderful on Its 30th Birthday: Still The Ultimate Consolation to the Friend Zone Sufferer
Coinciding somewhat unfortunately with another John Hughes-related milestone–the death of Bill Paxton, legendary douchebag perfecter in the form of Chet from Weird Science–the thirtieth anniversary [Read More…]
Bill Paxton & Why We Should Thank Him For Perfecting the Art of the Douchebag As Chet in Weird Science
One of the least revered John Hughes movies from his renaissance period during the 80s is, apart from She’s Having A Baby, Weird Science. Released [Read More…]
Hollywood (Really Jordan Peele) Miraculously “Gives” Black People Collective Revenge in Get Out
There is a question earnestly posed by the protagonist of Jordan Peele’s Get Out, Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya), after he is met with an extremely surreal overture [Read More…]
The Beast Within: Split
There is a belief among those who would be deemed objectively as masochists that to suffer is to be great. The more you suffer, the [Read More…]
Fellini’s Roma Is a Film As Disjointed & Chaotic as Italy’s Capital
Like Amarcord after it, Federico Fellini’s 1972 film Roma is among his most autobiographical. Detailing, in a manner as meandering as it is captivating, the journey of [Read More…]
Miu Miu & Chloë Sevigny Team Up to Bring You the Perfect Valentine to the Happy Being Sad Girl
Chloë Sevigny is no stranger to fashion or film–in fact, she’s a hardened veteran by now. After completing her first short film, Kitty (not to be [Read More…]
In Istanbul (and in General), Cats are Kedi-mine
There is a god-like way to how animals are treated in Istanbul, especially, it seems in Ceyda Torun’s first feature-length film, Kedi. Paying homage to the [Read More…]
Colin Farrell Is Catnip To Waifish Blondes in The Beguiled Trailer
With Sofia Coppola long overdue to prove herself cinematically again in the wake of such divisive films as Somewhere and The Bling Ring, the impactful [Read More…]
Everything Is Copy Documentary Examines the Limits of Nora Ephron’s Philosophy on Art
The family mantra of the Ephrons, started by Nora’s screenwriter mother, Phoebe Wolkind, was simply this: “everything is copy.” That is to say, any pains [Read More…]