Puzzle-Fixated Tenet Has No Time To Create Engaging Characters
At the start of Tenet, a scientist by the name of Barbara (Clemence Poesy) deliver…
The TOP SECRET! of Success (Year of the Month)
Surely the time for apologies about Top Secret! and its inferiority to Airplane! is over…
A Chronicle of CHRONICLE OF A SUMMER (Year of the Month)
In 1895 The Lumière Brothers filmed workers leaving one of their factories in the earliest…
The Devil All The Time Is Much A-Brood About Nothing
We are all born in the shadows of the past. The characters of The Devil…
Year of the Month: THE MISFITS and Hollywood Modernism
The Misfits epitomizes a certain type of Hollywood modernist aesthetic: a film about Big Ideas…
The Bold Imagery of I’m Thinking of Ending Things Will Chill You To The Bone
It was the last day of my High School’s performance of Annie. I had gotten…
“A Man Alone”: John Bruni and Son of Griff on THE BREAKING POINT and TRY AND GET ME! (Year of the Month)
JB: Noir has always challenged dominant cultural values, and, at times, can capture the light…
Fear Of Flying Business Class: DJ JD on HYPERNORMALISATION
HyperNormalisation is a massive, insanely ambitious attempt to use fifty years of worldwide political history…
She Dies Tomorrow Is Haunting and Gets Inside Your Head
She Dies Tomorrow certainly feels relevant to the modern-day world. How could it not? After…
The Rental Leaves Room For Improvement
This review contains spoilers. Dave Franco’s directorial debut, The Rental, begins with two characters virtually…