Year of the Month: ADVISE AND CONSENT
Advise and Consent is a notable example of subtext—Gay Panic—overpowering the text. Envisioned as a…
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:
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…
The Quiet Confrontation of GOLDEN EXITS
Written and directed by Alex Ross Perry, Golden Exits is about letting go. For Nick, an…
Year of the Month: The Flying Burrito Brothers, THE GILDED PALACE OF SIN
Describing an artist as a visionary is almost a cliché, but if there were anyone…