Doctor Strange
The world of Doctor Strange is one that I know and love. Rintrah is by far one of my favorite supporting characters in all of comic books. I have two copies… Read more »
Tag: 2010s
Don’t Breathe
In studying film history one tends to take it for granted that there can be innovation and controversy in B-Movies and exploitation films. In the vein of exploitation films a… Read more »
Blow The Man Down
Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy’s Blow The Man Down (2019) has a lot of great things going on in terms of technique. Every frame of this film evokes the… Read more »
Marriage Story
Noah Baumbach’s award winning Marriage Story (2019) has been getting some backlash on social media after The Criterion Collection announced a director approved Blu-Ray release for July. One of the… Read more »
Les Miserables
This piece was originally written and published when Les Miserables was a new release. Tom Hooper’s latest film is an adaptation of the Broadway sensation Les Miserables. Les Miserables (2012)… Read more »
The Shallows
I saw Jaume Collet-Serra’s The Shallows (2016) at The Rave just off of UPenn’s campus with my friends Stephen and Virginia. Virginia chooses these films with our consent under the assumption… Read more »
Bohemian Rhapsody
Bryan Singer’s film Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) is only fun if you are a fan of Queen. The film is a biopic of the late Freddie Mercury that is more invested… Read more »
Spring Breakers
As the title of Harmony Korine’s latest film suggests, Spring Breakers (2012), the filmmaker’s interests have shifted dramatically from realism to commercialism. The title alone suggests that Korine has decided… Read more »
Joe
At its best the cinema of David Gordon Green is powered by a strong sense of space, location, and a natural alignment with regionalism. Like Terrence Malick, Green’s best films… Read more »
Dolemite Is My Name
Devotees to “the Godfather of Rap” will find a lot to enjoy in Craig Brewer’s Dolemite Is My Name (despite some flaws concerning the order of events and which scenes… Read more »
