Category: Film
Watching 28 Days In One’s Non-Alcoholic Youth Vs. In One’s Alcoholic Twilight
“If anyone had a clue how wrong it felt to be sober, they wouldn’t dream of asking you to stay that way.” So says Steve [Read More…]
Honey: The Only Movie That Gives Backup Dancing Its Due (& Portrays Missy Elliott With Her Rightful Clout)
Though not a douchebag white guy directing rap music videos himself, Billie Woodruff had enough experience in the music video directing game to have plenty [Read More…]
Steven Klein Saturates the “Chun-Li” Music Video With His Fashion Photography Aesthetic
Steven Klein isn’t the type of man who will do just anyone‘s music video (though looking back at his past three, done for Lady Gaga, [Read More…]
Oscar Wilde: A Rather Unhappy Prince in The Happy Prince
For a man with a canon of work as scant and heavily reliant on epigrams as Oscar Wilde, there has been no shortage of examinations [Read More…]
Six Ways You Know You’re Watching A Wes Anderson Movie
Over the years, Wes Anderson’s distinctive style has made him and his work the source of infinite study and analysis. But on this May 1, [Read More…]
A Soft Spot for Richie Tenenbaum
It probably shouldn’t be the case that one of the most likable and empathetic characters of Wes Anderson’s expansive universe is someone so callow as [Read More…]
Money Monster: All Corruption Restores Itself
In the earlier months of 2016, before the dark results of the election were even a thought in people’s minds, Jodie Foster’s fourth feature length [Read More…]
Daisy’s Internal Monologue in How I Live Now As Your Own
While not necessarily a book that screams, “Ripe for adaptation,” Meg Rosoff’s 2004 novel, How I Live Now, was perhaps a foretelling of just how [Read More…]
The Power of Luck: Steven Soderbergh’s Logan Lucky Is A Sort of Match Point Rumination
“You know, I don’t care if he’s great. I just hope that he’s lucky.” As the last line of one of Woody Allen’s best offerings [Read More…]
Despite Elements of Greek Tragedy & Léon: The Professional, Proud Mary Does A Disservice to the Hit Woman Movie
Whenever the story of a hit man makes its way onto the screen, there is automatically a built-in audience. For all of us are fascinated–whether [Read More…]
