The Western genre is the story of America’s foundation, or at least the way we like to tell it. This has always been the case from the early days of Hollywood, when filmmakers like John Ford told tall tales of brave white pioneers traversing...
Every once in a while, there’s a film that begs the question: is an idea enough to carry a film? Because sometimes, a film’s core conceit and metaphor fall completely flat, but the execution is so entertaining, you’re willing to overlook it. Such...
I did not watch Godzilla vs. Kong for the plot. Who would? I watched it for three key reasons: one personal, one professional, and one animalistic. Personally, I am a huge Godzilla fan, from the intellectual predecessor Gojira to the fun sequels...
Every once in a while, a film debut hits you like a bullet. In the wake of the pandemic, the frequency of this sensation has vastly increased, as studios desperate for any amount of money are throwing a few thousand dollars at hungry first-timers...
Well, for better or worse, Zack Snyder’s Justice League is here. It’s been a hell of a journey: after one average and one outright bad entry into the superhero canon in 2013 and 2016, Zack Snyder found himself in an uphill battle to produce a...
One of my favorite movie lines of all time comes from the 2002 film Adaptation. After hearing his brother Charlie rip apart his clichéd, ridiculously predictable crime thriller screenplay about a detective hunting for a serial killer, the...
There’s a famous saying, reportedly from Josef Stalin, “The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.” In Kevin Macdonald’s The Mauritanian, this logic is used in an attempt to reverse-engineer sympathy, and to reignite...
I’m having a hard time exactly categorizing The Father. It is a masterful achievement, and yet a film I never necessarily want to watch again. It is a testament to great acting and editing while simultaneously feeling overbearingly staged. It is...
You cannot judge a children’s film on the same level as adult content. While some children’s content can work on an adult, artistic level (i.e. E.T., The Wizard of Oz), the only real requirements for a children’s film are to entertain for an hour...
Two types of films come to mind when I think of the musician Sia’s first film, Music. The first type includes films such as The Room, Troll 2, and Cats. The second includes films like Gone With The Wind, Song of the South, and the Watto scenes...
It has been several decades since a film has managed to capture the sheer energy of the 70s auteurs. And I don’t just mean on an aesthetic level, although the crackling 35mm appearance of lush urban decay certainly possesses a power that many...
Telling a story well can really work as a salve to all sorts of issues. After all, there’s really only ten archetypes of stories, and most of them have been told in every possible way (look at Hallmark, if you need any proof). So it’s up to a...
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