Category: Film
Che Palle: Italy’s Reaction to Asia Argento Puts An Added Exclamation Point Behind The Country’s Favorite Word, Maschilista
Italy’s shape is in that of a boot, sure. But one never imagined it would quite literally kick out one of its most iconic stars [Read More…]
Et tu, Molly Ringwald?
The title “Ain’t She Sweet” in the May 26, 1986 issue of TIME (still endlessly relevant in the 80s) describing the state of Molly Ringwald [Read More…]
Of Course James Toback is a Sexual Predator. Have You Not Seen His Movie Titles, General Aesthetic?
They say stereotyping is wrong. That judging a book by its cover is something we should never do. And yet, when it comes to profiling [Read More…]
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected): The Jewish Royal Tenenbaums
Considering Noah Baumbach’s working relationship with Wes Anderson (the two co-wrote The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and Fantanstic Mr. Fox together), it’s unsurprising that [Read More…]
Happy Death Day: Gossip Girl, Groundhog Day-ified
With every October comes the requisite release of at least three to five horror movies, usually only one of which serves up the camp factor. [Read More…]
We’re Gonna Have A “Good Time”
The other unstoppable brother duo besides Mark and Jay Duplass, Josh and Benny Safdie, best known for collaborating on films like The Pleasure of Being [Read More…]
Erotomania in The Crush
Erotomania is a subject often addressed in film, though rarely from the female perspective. For the most part, it is male-oriented obsession that drives the [Read More…]
God Hates Non-Famous Landmarks, Spares The Parent Trap House from Wildfires Raging Near Napa
As one of the few films set in Napa (apart from, obviously, Sideways), the 1998 remake of The Parent Trap stands out not just for [Read More…]
Visages Villages–Un Beau Mirage
The camera as pen, writing a narrative in a literary and therefore sentimentalist way, is nothing new to auteur Agnès Varda. From the moment of her [Read More…]
Hopefully Jared Leto Plays A Better Hugh Hefner Than Mark David Chapman
Jared Leto may have the forgiveness of time on his side when it comes to audiences forgetting all about the rather bad 2007 Mark David [Read More…]
