There’s a common sentiment I’ve shared on The Sacred Wall several times before, and I will say it once again, loudly and proudly: I f*cking love Nicolas Cage. I wholeheartedly believe that the man is one of our finest living actors, playing...
A Robert Eggers picture always involves three central themes: a fascination with history, the brutality of man, and an extreme lesson in the generational passing of fanaticism. This fascination gave us Black Phillip and The VVitch. It gave us the...
I can honestly say I’ve never seen a movie like RRR. While I do mean this in the general “my Bollywood knowledge is incredibly limited” definition, I also mean it on a far wider scale. RRR is what happens when you throw Marvel, Richard...
There was a period in the Nineties and early-Aughts where all you needed for a big Hollywood blockbuster were two great stars. The script didn’t matter, and the directors were often for-hire, but it didn’t matter: the names were what sold. It’s...
I think it’s easy to say that the Daniels (the joint direction of Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) are the most bizarrely evocative directors currently working. Their first directorial effort, Swiss Army Man, explored depression and grief through a...
We had to know this was coming, right? Almost two weeks after the Slap Heard Round The World, the Academy’s Board of Governors has voted to ban Will Smith from the Oscars for ten years.
Well the 94th Academy Awards are officially dead and buried (cause of death: slap to the face). CODA is officially the newest recipient of the Best Picture Oscar and will have to bear the brunt of think-pieces and backlash for the next ten months...
You know, in hindsight, Master is a film that seems tailor-made for my interests. It’s a sharp satire of the liberal arts college scene. It’s an incisive commentary on modern-day racism in America. And most importantly, it’s a well-constructed...
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