Sunday Morning! “Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles”
Chantal Akerman’s 1975 masterpiece is a nail biting Hitchcockian thriller about housework. Really.
Category: Movies
Confessions of a Manic Pixie Dream Girl
How much more satisfying might a romance be if you could see yourself there, not just a faceless, shapeless, personality-less blob like Bella Swan?
And The Award for Not Thinking It’s Funny Goes Too…
The Golden Globes were last night, and the very serious folks in very serious and important Hollywood took exception to host Ricky Gervais mocking them
Romance Before Bros
This time I’m actually reading GOOD romances instead of trashy ones.It’s a lot of work, and do you know why I’m doing this? It’s because romance MATTERS.
2019 In Film: A Monumental Year For Cinema
An endless supply of franchises, big box office numbers, a stellar and different kind of Oscar buzz lineup, and a breakthrough for a gamechanger in how we view film
Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Palpatine
Discussing The Rise of Skywalker without spoilers is not an easy task. If you’ve seen every trailer and every clip, you’ve not seen much of the film at all.
Star Wars Episode VIII: The Best Jedi?
The Last Jedi is the Star Wars film I’ve most dreaded reviewing, and not for anything to do with the film itself. A small minority of self-described fans not only hate the film, but seem intent on ruining Star Wars for everyone else.
The Silence of The Mandalorian
Why is the Disney+ Star Wars series so good, when the movies have seemingly struggled? The Mandalorian knows when to just shut up and enjoy the scenery.
Star Wars Episode VII: The Saga Awakens
This is the eighth in a series of reviews I am writing for each of the live-action theatrical Star Wars films. I’ll be reviewing the films in release order in order to give the...
Fake People, Pure Product
Joyfully imagining something might be true in the privacy of one’s own mind seems a very different thing than “profiting from” and “getting off on” it. Exploitative. The word is exploitative.
Sunday Morning! Robert Bresson’s “Pickpocket”
This week I rewatched the wonderful Robert Bresson film Pickpocket and realized it’s one movie that plays like another until the last few minutes.
Welcome to Disney+! Please Stand By
I woke up in the middle of the night and actually considered logging in to see if Disney+ was operational yet.
Harry Potter and the Many Faces of Motherhood
Harry Potter, both on screen and in the books, is also about the many iterations of motherhood, how it manifests, and the many ways in which it alters the world.
Star Wars: The Meh of Skywalker
I can’t be that kid again, but what I don’t want to do is pretty clear to me nine films in: I don’t want to pick apart the movies anymore.
Review: ‘Joker’ Is a Disturbing Look at a Broken Man
This is not a super hero movie. There is nobody in a spandex costume. Nobody has super powers. There are minimal special effects.
3 Things to Like/Dislike About Joker’s Mental Health Depiction
Some of the depictions of mental illness were nuanced and compassionate, while some missed the mark.
Movie Review: Colossal
Colossal is a movie about the destructive effects of alcoholism, and also a giant monster fighting a giant robot.
Musings on The Digital Underground, Juice, and Controversial Audiences
The marketing people make the iconic movie poster with him at the front holding a gun and EVERYBODY goes nuts.
The Princess Bride Re-Make: Make it More Than Mostly Dead
Destroy everything about this except it’s ears. It’s ears it keeps, and I’ll tell you why…
Sunday Morning! The Art Life of David Lynch
Taking a look at a fantastic documentary about one of the world’s most singular filmmakers and one of his recently reassessed films.
