Category: Film
Taking Cues From Her Sacramento Forebears, Didion and Ringwald, Greta Gerwig Adds to the Parsimonious List of Abashed Love Letters to the City
As Greta Gerwig’s directorial and solo writing debut, it’s only right that she should go for the most autobiographical subject possible: the California capital city [Read More…]
Loving Vincent (Is Easy Through the Lens of His Art)
The tortured life of Vincent Van Gogh has long been discussed, examined and held up as a beacon of the ultimate definition of what it [Read More…]
Jeune Femme: “I was everything to him, and now I’m nothing.”
It’s been an exceptional year for female film debuts (Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird at the forefront). And Léonor Serraille’s Jeune Femme (alternately called Montparnasse Bienvenue) is [Read More…]
The Florida Project: Exposing Celebration as the Vegas of the Sunshine State
It’s almost a rule of law that beneath the shiny, shellacked veneer of fun and good times, glitz and glamor, there lies a seedy underbelly. [Read More…]
Being Martha Plimpton as Monica in 200 Cigarettes
Martha Plimpton is known for few film roles beyond that of Stef Steinbrenner in The Goonies, later transitioning more primarily to theater and Broadway work and [Read More…]
Why Jennifer’s Body Deserves More Credit As A Halloween Movie (& In General)
In 2009, the world, pop culturally, was feeling a little more radical. The U.S. had just come out from under what it previously thought was [Read More…]
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…]
