Category: Film
Simpler Times at the Golden Globes: Like When Elton John’s Boo Berated Madonna for Winning & Madonna Thanked Harvey Weinstein
It’s one of those non-secrets that we all agree not to acknowledge: that many a gay man holds a barely veiled contempt not just for [Read More…]
Dress You Up in My Mind Games: Phantom Thread
“You’ve got style, that’s what all the girls say.” And so they do of Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis)–not the finest last name for a man [Read More…]
NOW Meryl Feels Compelled to Speak on Sexual Harassment, And It’s Rather Kevin Spacey-esque in Its Deflection
In the face of continued pressure to actually express an opinion–largely thanks to Rose McGowan’s rampant and merciless shaming about actresses wearing black to the [Read More…]
The Divide Between American & European Views on Family Underlines All the Money in the World
An impressive feat in moviemaking alone for the quickness with which Ridley Scott was able to replace Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer (a much more [Read More…]
The Best Movies of 2017 (For Real!)
In a year that saw the movie industry crumble as it once knew itself under the weight of sexual assault accusations as heavy as Harvey [Read More…]
Why 200 Cigarettes Remains the Most Enduring New Year’s Eve Movie of All-Time
200 Cigarettes isn’t just the best, most essential New Year’s Eve movie because it’s the only New Year’s Eve movie in a genre that tried [Read More…]
“The Legend of a Man-Fish”: The Shape of Water at Last Finds The Creature From the Black Lagoon Vindicated
“Time is but a river flowing from our past.” This is the first “thought of the day” we’re confronted with as mute cleaning woman Elisa [Read More…]
Circe & Psychology: The Feminist Undertones of Molly’s Game
While the criticism levied specifically at Jessica Chastain–as opposed to the other white actresses she appeared on the tone deaf cover of The Los Angles [Read More…]
The Greatest Showman Suffers From the Same Problems as P.T. Barnum
There are two ways to look at P.T. Barnum: a man promoting diversity during a time when it was unheard of to do so or [Read More…]
The Pigeon Lady in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York as Inspiration to Us All
Perhaps at the time–1992–there was no scarier fate to any gender than ending up a homeless, middle-aged woman. That being said, the now iconic Pigeon [Read More…]
