Tag: Adrien Brody
Academy Awards 2025: Conan Lands Flat, Political “Rants” Are Nonexistent, The Substance is Shut Out and Anora Ascends to “Oscar Darling”
On the long road to the Oscars a lot can happen. One minute, you’re hot shit (Emilia Pérez), the next you’re canceled (Emilia Pérez). Or [Read More…]
Turns Out, You CAN Be A Pimp and a Prostitute Too: Harrison Lee Van Buren
With Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce) fast rising up the ranks of Most Evil Capitalists Ever Rendered to Film (move over, Duke Brothers from Trading [Read More…]
Brutality Abounds in The Brutalist
While the backlash might be coming for The Brutalist the same way it’s come for Emilia Pérez (in the former’s case, from enraged architects), there’s no arguing that it’s got [Read More…]
Asteroid City: Wes Anderson’s “Sci-Fi” Movie Is About A Collective and Resigned Sense of Doom More Than It Is 50s Americana
A palpable shift has occurred in Wes Anderson’s style and tone since the release of 2021’s The French Dispatch. One doesn’t want to use a [Read More…]
Blonde Is A Bomb Rather Than the Story of A Bombshell
When you reach a certain level of “icon status,” there is no coming back from being subjected to “the right” people feel they have to [Read More…]
Midnight in Paris Was Predicated on the Fallacy of Wistfulness for a Different Time Before We Were Actually Living in the Worst Time Ever
In 2011, Woody Allen had not completely lost all respect as a result of that unshakeable accusation of sexual assault from his adopted daughter, Dylan [Read More…]
Wes Anderson Infuses H&M With A Touch of The Darjeeling Limited
One supposes H&M has now reached that point where it doesn’t need to really advertise for the actual clothing it sells. It’s just far too [Read More…]
Why White People Get So Hard for Wes Anderson Movies
There’s something about Wes Anderson that white people love. It’s not merely that all of the auteur’s main characters are white, but it’s his entire [Read More…]
The Purpose of what purpose did i serve in your life
The twenty-first century thus far has exhibited something of a paradigm shift in what constitutes literature. In the current era, publishing email and Facebook exchanges [Read More…]
