A Star Is Torn: HER SMELL Takes Us on a Wild Ride
Written and directed by Alex Ross Perry, Her Smell is a uniquely fictionalized take on…
John Bruni
John Bruni teaches at Grand Valley State University in Michigan. His book, Scientific Americans: The Making of Popular Science and Evolution in Early-20th-Century U.S. Literature and Culture, was published by University of Wales Press in 2014. His second book, Astonishment and Recognition: Observing Systems in the Films of John Cassavetes, is under review at Fordham University Press.
Articles:
Year of the Month: In Glorious Mono, ONLY THE LONELY
In October of last year, Only the Lonely was reissued in a 60th anniversary stereo…
Year of the Month: ADVISE AND CONSENT
Advise and Consent is a notable example of subtext—Gay Panic—overpowering the text. Envisioned as a…
The Year in Review: Class Issues
Two years ago, the pivotal events were the public support for Brexit and the election…
Year of the Month: YOU CAN COUNT ON ME
A major reason that Manchester by the Sea (2016) felt like somewhat of a letdown…
Year of the Month: Fleetwood Mac, TUSK
Tusk is an essential part of what I call the Instant Vinyl Record Collection, because…
Year of the Month: TROUBLE IN PARADISE Is a Lesson in the “Lubitsch Touch”
Imagine you’re a film director planning out a romantic comedy about a love triangle of…
Year of the Month: FORT APACHE
It’s a Western truism that the cavalry always saves the day. But who will save…
Year of the Month: Neil Young, TIME FADES AWAY
Time Fades Away is a lesson in how almost everything going wrong can produce a…
Year of the Month: The Quiet American
The political noir genre and unreliable narrator go together like love and war. But in…