Category: Film
Film School Rejects Can Still Take Comfort in The Big Picture
As the first film to be both written and directed by Christopher Guest (with National Lampoon Lemmings and This Is Spinal Tap being the first [Read More…]
Hallie Meyers-Shyer Is Almost at Home in the Writer-Director’s Chair of Home Again
When your parents are auteur Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer, there’s most certainly an undeniable amount of pressure to “be good”–at the very least–when making [Read More…]
The Abstract Concept of Love That Lasts Forever Via Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston’s Coinciding Singledom
After the rampant rumors about Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux’s imminent separation and eventual divorce were confirmed roughly a month ago on February 15th, the [Read More…]
Silly Emma Stone, White Feminism Only Works When Natalie Portman Does It
Echoing the shade throwing vibes of Natalie Portman’s “And the all male nominees are…” at the diet misandrist Golden Globes back in January, Emma Stone [Read More…]
Diablo Cody: Original Greta Gerwig
Notwithstanding the fact that Greta Gerwig broke one of the still ample barriers a female could in film by being nominated for both Best Director [Read More…]
The Shape of Water’s Sweep at The Oscars & Its Significance to Hollywood Doing Its Best to Be More “Inclusive”
Because Get Out winning Best Picture would have been far too political a choice (and also would have meant that Allison Williams had starred in [Read More…]
The Spy Movie in the Trump Era: Red Sparrow Still Touts Americans As “Good” and Russians Somewhere in Between…But Mostly Bad
Possibly as a start to the retribution sought by the “pinko liberals” of Hollywood for the Russians tampering in the now notorious U.S. election of [Read More…]
The Fatherly Blame on the “Failings” of a Daughter for His Own Failings in The Philadelphia Story
As one of the greatest movies ever made–in any genre–it’s no surprise that The Philadelphia Story still manages to hold up even in spite of [Read More…]
Vivian Ward Listening to Headphones in the Bathtub: A Cry for Help
Those few who remain nostalgic about the way romantic comedies used to be (in part, because we as a society were still able and conditioned [Read More…]
Someone Tell “Lifestyle” Magazines It’s 2018 and You Don’t Need to Paint the Woman as the Broken-Hearted One Post-Breakup
Jennifer Aniston, one of the tabloid favorites when it comes to writing about celebrity breakups, has, once again, served as the perfect person to provide [Read More…]