Category: Film
Depraved, Bacchanalian & Ruthless: Food Emulates Humanity in Sausage Party
From the very first few minutes of watching Sausage Party, you can’t help but look around you to see if everyone else in the audience feels [Read More…]
Suicide Squad: Not As Suicide-Inducing As They Say
Sometimes, when a movie is built up to be total shit for so long and with such adamancy, one can’t help but be pleasantly surprised [Read More…]
Captain Fantastic Reveals A Sad Truth About “Good” Parenting
This is a truth we hold to be self-evident: being a “good” parent in the current age is frequently characterized by placation, coddling and a [Read More…]
Barry Munday Can’t Quite Turn the Dramedy/Quirky Rom-Com Genre Into Gold
For as strong of a start as Chris D’Arienzo’s Barry Munday gets with the introduction of its aloof, womanizing protagonist (played by Patrick Wilson), its [Read More…]
The Parallels Between Smithereens and Nights of Cabiria
Though Susan Seidelman’s most famous film is arguably Desperately Seeking Susan, her true pièce de résistance is, in fact, her debut, Smithereens. Filmed on and off [Read More…]
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…]
