Category: Film
Courtney Love, An Unlikely But Invaluable Muse to Miloš Forman
As is the case any time an auteur of the movie industry dies, one must take stock of his output. The wealth and breadth of [Read More…]
California Suite: A Multi-Layered Perspective on the Effects of L.A., None of Them Really That Positive
The war of opinions between those who “love” L.A. and those who hate it has been raging arguably since the film industry perhaps wisely decided [Read More…]
Wes Anderson Has Always Been Secretly Appealing to Our Animal Instincts, But Ironically Less So in Isle of Dogs
The only other stop-motion animated film Wes Anderson has ever brought into the world was 2009’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s 1970 children’s book of the [Read More…]
Sometimes, You Just Can’t Kill Your Wife: A New Leaf
“We had been married three months and I rather thought it was time to get rid of my wife.” So begins the original story from [Read More…]
Two For The Road Reveals The Infinite Number of Complications in Marriage
Before Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, before Blue Valentine, there was the original gangsta of horror love stories, Two For the Road. Though, in [Read More…]
Why Desperately Seeking Susan’s Eponymous Heroine Could Never Get By in New York Now
Susan, no last name, no inhibition. That was the name of the game in the New York of the 80s, wasn’t it? Getting by on [Read More…]
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…]
