Tag: movies set in New York
Caught Stealing With a Hand in Pi: Darren Aronofsky’s Expertise in 1998
As Xan Brooks of The Guardian pointed out in an interview with Darren Aronofsky, his latest film, Caught Stealing, “could almost be his parallel-universe first movie, given that [Read More…]
We’re Half-Awake in Our Fake (Ghostbusters: Frozen) Empire
It would be impossible to look at the latest installment in the Ghostbusters “legacyquel” without ruminating on the franchise’s past. In fact, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire [Read More…]
Home Alone 2: New York’s Nothing But Fun on Borrowed Dough… Until It Runs Out
Among the many “reassessments” of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, complete with its implausible representation of realistic geographic proximity, one that hasn’t really [Read More…]
New York Causes a Spontaneous Mental Blackout: Italian Studies
The memory loss or “spontaneous amnesia” genre is nothing new in cinema. It arguably began in 1915, with The Garden of Lies and The Right [Read More…]
Reign of Puerility: The King of Staten Island
It’s easy to be the king when not many people are vying for your dominion. In Scott Carlin’s (Pete Davidson) case, that would be Staten [Read More…]
Y’all Couldn’t Have Just Taken The Teddy Roosevelt Statue Down BEFORE Night at the Museum Could Be Made?
For every great movie set in New York, there are at least five shitty ones to counteract it (consider the likes of Just My Luck, [Read More…]
Uncut Gems Has A Dull Luster
One could say that the Safdie brothers Benny and Josh were not truly born into the film industry’s consciousness until 2017’s Good Time, another New [Read More…]
Guess It’s… Never… Really… Over: Breaking Up
There was perhaps something in the air in the Manhattan of the late 90s. Something that made it so that women who oughtn’t settle for [Read More…]
Greta (Does Not Want to Be Alone)
In keeping with certain themes about New York–1) you’ll never make enough friends for anyone to notice your absence quickly enough and 2) it’s like [Read More…]
Everyone That Moves To New York Becomes Jenna Rink: Living Both Dream and Nightmare
When one is in that preadolescent and adolescent phase in which the flesh prison feels particularly confining, the only thing desired is to break free [Read More…]
