Wild Nights With Emily
Wild Nights With Emily (2018) may not be the formal tour de force of Terence Davies’ A Quiet Passion (2016), but it is equally essential to our cinematic culture. Where… Read more »
Tag: 2010s
Ghost In The Shell
2017 wasn’t the best year in Scarlett Johansson’s career. Aside from appearing in the critically derided Rough Night, Johansson also appeared as the lead in Rupert Sander’s live action adaptation… Read more »
Knives Out
When I saw Rian Johnson’s Knives Out (2019) at my local Cinemark I disliked it. Seeing Knives Out two years later I like it even less. Johnson’s film is as… Read more »
Horsehead
Romain Basset’s Horsehead (2014) is definitely a case where style rules over substance. The images are beautiful, surreal, disturbing, and grotesque yet they lack any real symbolism. Basset’s tapestry of… Read more »
Tygrys
Jacob Chelkowski’s Tygrys (2015) is a film concerned with pornography. Porn’s lexicon of heteronormative images, the rituals of sexual performance, and the still taboo nature of kink are all at… Read more »
Thoroughbreds
Before directing Bad Education (2019), Cory Finley made quite the splash with Thoroughbreds (2017). Thoroughbreds was a sleeper hit, gaining notoriety over time by word of mouth. While it was… Read more »
Downton Abbey
After a successful run on television Julian Fellowes brought his hit show to the big screen. The problem is that Downton Abbey (2019) as a film adds very little to… Read more »
Córki dancingu
Córki dancingu (2015), or The Lure in English speaking countries, may just be the best fantasy film of the last decade, and it’s a musical. Agnieszka Smoczyńska reworks Hans Christian… Read more »
The Nice Guys
Watching The Nice Guys (2016) on an airplane bound for Colorado some years ago I remember thinking, “so this is the second draft of Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang (2005)”. Since… Read more »
We Bought A Zoo
Cameron Crowe’s best work is all tied to his own experiences coming of age. Almost Famous (2000) and Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982) are both literal examinations of his… Read more »
