Tag: Jake Gyllenhaal
Donnie Darko Is An Easter Movie (And a Halloween One)
Much in the same way that there’s a long-standing debate about whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie (P.S.: it absolutely counts as one), it [Read More…]
Jake Gyllenhaal’s Claim Regarding Red (Taylor’s Version) Sparks the Query: Is It Less Satisfying to Know the Ex You Targeted in Your Art Will Never “Receive” the Work?
In a new Esquire cover story, “Jake Gyllenhaal Reconsiders” or, in print format, “Jake Gyllenhaal Is Not the Man You Think He Is,” the eponymous [Read More…]
Relic: An Allegory For the Inherited Damage of Generations–and Of Course, Being Put Out to Pasture When You’re Old
The slow burn of Relic is almost as slow-burning as time itself, until, all at once, the escalation becomes unstoppable, working at a breakneck pace [Read More…]
The Day After Tomorrow Is Today
With the prognostication that polar bears are doomed to go the way of the dodo by 2100, one can’t help but think of paleoclimatologist Jack [Read More…]
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Reunion Comes at a Time When the Overt Privilege of the Lead Character is Especially Icky to Look At
As the hotbed issue of privilege continues to manifest throughout the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement, it seems irreverently (in)appropriate that the cast [Read More…]
Critical Mass (Murder): Velvet Buzzsaw
Perhaps only feeling comfortable enough to get at his freakiest with Jake Gyllenhaal as his muse, mostly screenwriter Dan Gilroy has seen fit to, once [Read More…]
L’amour Nocturne: Love is Dark as Night in Nocturnal Animals
“If you love someone, you work it out. You don’t just throw it away. You have to be very careful with it–you might not find [Read More…]
Jake Gyllenhaal: A Thomas “Holden” Worther 2.0 in Demolition
“There was love between us. I just didn’t take care of it.” So establishes the crux of Jean-Marc Vallée’s Demolition, with Jake Gyllenhaal in the role of [Read More…]
