Tag: F. Murray Abraham
Wes Anderson’s “Donald Trump Movie”: The Phoenician Scheme
It’s been made apparent that, in life, you can’t count on much. Certainly not in terms of consistency. But Wes Anderson has demonstrated, time and [Read More…]
Class and Karma Collide in The White Lotus’ Second Season, Or: STD Party in Sicily
After a long viewer journey meant to cover a mere week in Taormina, Sicily (a.k.a. tourist kryptonite thanks to The Godfather being shot there), the [Read More…]
Last Action Hero and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: Prime Examples of How Shane Black Contrasts NY vs. LA in His Films
During the time when Shane Black co-wrote the script for Last Action Hero, perhaps he was still somewhat slightly enchanted with Los Angeles. Even if [Read More…]
Last Action Hero Is Ultimately Just The Purple Rose of Cairo
It’s usually the norm for Woody Allen to be the one to steal concepts from other filmmakers or playwrights and rework them for himself (see: [Read More…]
Wes Anderson Has Always Been Secretly Appealing to Our Animal Instincts, But Ironically Less So in Isle of Dogs
The only other stop-motion animated film Wes Anderson has ever brought into the world was 2009’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s 1970 children’s book of the [Read More…]
