Category: Film
The Disposability of Relationships in Faces
John Cassavetes has always been a master at capturing the complexities of long-term monogamy. From his early work that preceded Faces, including Too Late Blues, [Read More…]
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, Or Edina Monsoon: The Original Millennial
For as “frivolous” as Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie is being billed, there is an underlying profundity to the art and grotesque beauty of selfishness displayed [Read More…]
The Objectification of Chris Hemsworth Might Be The Best Thing About Ghostbusters
When it comes to rebooting classics of an untouchable nature, the new incarnation has to offer something that’s not only slightly different, but also truly [Read More…]
Caught Between Two Coasts (And Loves): Café Society
“I guess some feelings never go away. Is that good or bad?” So asks the latest Woody Allen foil, Bobby Dorfman (Jesse Eisenberg) to his [Read More…]
The Symbiosis of Friendship As Detailed by Microbe & Gasoline
In every adolescence, there is a period characterized by feelings of isolation and loneliness. For the protagonist of Microbe & Gasoline, fourteen-year-old Daniel Guéret (Ange [Read More…]
The Classist Implications of The Secret Life of Pets
One wouldn’t at first glance think a garden variety animated kids’ movie could subtly undercut at the very nature of classism in New York City, [Read More…]
Friends That Spoon-Feed You When You’re Depressed Are Hard to Come By
When it comes to friendships portrayed on TV, very few come across as truly genuine (see: Blair Waldorf and Serena Van Der Woodsen). Surprisingly, the [Read More…]
Fundamentally Cliche: All Part of The Fundamentals of Caring
While some have difficulty with the overtness of Paul Rudd’s “surly” characters blatantly being sappy ones underneath it all, one can still find some redeeming qualities [Read More…]
Pretty Woman’s Vivian Ward Blazed the Trail For Closer’s Jane Jones
In many respects, the archetype for the shifty, con artist prostitute was perfected (at least in the mainstream) by Julia Roberts’ rendering of Vivian Ward. [Read More…]
Necbromance/Farting Toward Friendship in Swiss Army Man
The loneliness and inadequacy each and every one of us feels (perhaps more in the twenty-first century than ever before) is something most try to [Read More…]
