The rape-and-revenge story has been a go-to myth going all the way back to the Greek tragedy. The reason, as exploitative as it is, is simple: no crime is as gruesome as rape (after all, a murder victim doesn’t have to live with the trauma), and...
(Ed. Note: I first saw First Reformed back in June, and instantly fell in love with it. I started writing a review, got 3/4ths through it, and then put it aside to finish at a later date. Other reviews pushed it further and further back in my...
David Gordon Green’s newest entry in the Halloween saga is the best case you can hope for in a sequel to a story that really doesn’t need a sequel. It’s got some scares, it’s well made, and there’s a deeper message somewhere in the film’s inner...
First Man is an all-American bonafide classic; a master class in how to make a great movie. Damien Chazelle has been trying to prove himself an auteur since he arrived on the scene eight years ago, and if there were any doubt left that he...
At one point near the end of the fourth iteration of A Star Is Born, a character states, “Music is essentially just the same 12 notes. 12 notes and the octave repeats. It’s the same story told over and over, and all an artist can do is share how...
When you walk out of Life Itself, you do so in a daze. You feel like you are walking on air. Not because you’ve seen something artistic, or something life affirming, but because you’ve witnessed something truly, utterly, batsh*t insane in its...
To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before is the cinematic equivalent of drinking straight maple syrup with a straw. It is sweet to a fault, cute to a T, and almost earnest in its quest to make you love it. And yet, that’s exactly what you’ll do. Susan...
There has never been an American movie like Sorry To Bother You. Hell, I don’t think there’s ever been a film quite like Boots Riley’s breakout, at least not since Luis Buñuel died. For just like the famous surrealist, Riley has squeezed...
I’ve been trying to figure out recently why we, as a society, have written off Spike Lee as some sort of “one-and-done” director. While I had been led for years to believe that Lee was something of an Oliver Stone-type, making one great film and...
The Happytime Murders is brought to you by the letter B, as in “Bad.” And lest you think I’m being lazy using this joke, don’t worry – the film uses some variation on it within the first ten minutes. For despite its occasional funny joke or sight...
Crazy Rich Asians doesn’t take any risks to upend its story. It’s perfectly content telling a Hallmark-esque classical rom-com/chick flick to the best of its abilities. It knows exactly who it is for. It’s for your mom, who enjoys a good Saturday...
The loss of innocence and the revitalization of life is one of the oldest and most beloved tales in Western mythology. From It to The Little Prince, from It’s a Wonderful Life to Mary Poppins, variations on these ideas can be found etched into...
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