Category: Film
Envisioning Susan Shopping at Target for Her Rhinestone Boots
As the scandalization effect of Target opening in the East Village starts to wear off and people get rather comfortable with the idea of having [Read More…]
Letting Go of Your Old Self: Tully
One of the few enviable human qualities is a predilection to kick into survival mode and the ability to move on from shattering traumas. We’re [Read More…]
Mental Illness/Brain Injuries Don’t Quite Translate in New York Movies Not Set in the 80s: I Feel Pretty
Panned long before it ever had a chance to “charm” with its whimsy and throwback nature in terms of daffy New York 80s premises, I [Read More…]
Sure You Hate America Now, But Maybe You Should Re-Watch Sex and the City 2 to Be Grateful You Can Still Be Who You Want to Be There
Sex and the City 2 was already feeling dated in all the ways that the show itself does now with the hindsight that comes with [Read More…]
Every Day, the Only Thing That Becomes Clearer Is That Aureta Is the Sole Role Model for Our Times
Aureta Thomollari, better known simply as @aureta on Instagram, is that rare breed of mysterious “personality” in the vain of Citizen Kane of Howard Hughes [Read More…]
To Rome With Love’s Use of the Fellini Blueprint
As one of the most maligned of Woody Allen’s past ten years of back to back films (a feat he has sustained since he began [Read More…]
The Tourist As the Last Movie That Displayed Hitchcockian Glamor
Considering that Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck has a name like Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (in truth, a name that’s even longer in the form of Florian [Read More…]
All the Women, Co-Dependent, Throw Your Hands Up At Me: Waiting to Exhale
Where the Bechdel test is concerned, there is no shortage of films, most especially from the final “glory days” of pre-#MeToo, that do not make [Read More…]
A Lot Like Love Is One of Many Mid-00s Rom-Coms That Offers A Fatally Dated Mistake In the Premise of Pursuit
While there are myriad problems with rom-coms in general, it seems that the zenith of their issues was at a certain peak in the mid-00s, [Read More…]
It’s Funny How A Postcard Can Change Your Life: Oh Lucy!
It’s almost a blessing and a curse when the appetite for affection you’ve suppressed for so long suddenly rears its urgent pangs. Such is the [Read More…]
