Documentaries · Essays · Experimental & Underground
“In a powerful and precise encomium, Andersen extols the virtues of what he deems to be a kind of homegrown neo-realism.”
Essays · Noir · Writers & Critics
Or Advanced Guide to Cinematic Survival?
Shutter Island might be the only psychological thriller abetted by a lack of interest in the psyche.
Essays · SF/Fantasy · TV & Streaming
“By treating the style of the original series as integral to the show — and not as a kind of regrettable defect — we can get a better grasp on the Star Trek phenomenon itself.”
Essays · Exploitation & Erotica · Horror
“The pain is my only reminder that he [Edward] was real.” — Bella (Kristen Stewart)
Animation · Essays · SF & Fantasy
“We are but older children, dear, Who fret to find our bedtime near.” — Lewis Carroll, “Child of the Pure Unclouded Brow”
Activist & Political · Documentaries · Essays
“The films analyzed here explore the (crude) question: what are the individual and social consequences of eating shit?”
“It is the search for explanation itself and the experience of the alien, disturbing, and frightening that thrills audiences.” In The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema, directed and produced by Sophie Fiennes,[…]
Don’t worry or question; just consume – oh, and kill
“Nothing is more satisfying than the feeling that a show is about to perform a move in a new direction, something it has been conspiring to do all along.”
“Allowing his acidity unfettered reign, Fassbinder concocts one of the most blistering excoriations of despotism ever committed to film.”
And staying forever young
“Where Williamson is highly critical of films that encourage us to consume lifestyles, Wolcott’s writing appears to be an appreciation of surfaces — in fact, his whole style can be read as an analysis of ’50s textures and design elements.”
Books · Essays · Uncategorized · Writers & Critics
Especially when the lovers aren’t
Essays · LGBT & Queer · Writers & Critics
“In both Sodom and Gomorrah and Cruising, homosexuality – and its alternate currents – is caught with a glance.”
“We keep returning to this story about pod people because we’re terrified of the continuing erosion of our physicality in the postmodern era.”
Filming The Great Gatsby in the 21st Century
“The problem is other people crazy people.”
“His plan mirrors Johnny’s, that is, pieces of the plan are known to one person: Johnny and Stanley; and not until the end do we see most of their pieces come into place.
Directors · Essays · Writers & Critics
“Kubrick’s 1961 film is really the first 1970s movie.”
