Category: Film
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…]
Lady Bird Will Be Even More Sacramentan in Australia
Sacramentans have that unique, angst-ridden edge about them that thrived quite nicely in the type of mainstream pop culture that supported the tonal vibes of [Read More…]
Desi Arnaz Was Wrong: Santiago Can Be Very Chilly When You’re Trans
“You don’t choose your sexuality, it’s how you are. It’s nature,” deliberate two quintessential New York City biddies after coming out of a screening of [Read More…]
The Color Wheel Takes the Margot/Richie Dynamic Where Wes Anderson Wouldn’t
The steady presence of Alex Ross Perry in the world of what can still vaguely be constituted as “indie film” (once associated only with Miramax-distributed [Read More…]
Black Panther: A Polemic That Can At Last Creep Into More Closed Minds
As one of the most momentous films released since, well, let’s face it, Gone With the Wind, Black Panther has an infinite amount of pressure to stand up [Read More…]
