Twenty Years Ago, FARINELLI was High-Tech; Now, It’s History
Beginning in the early 1600s, the practice of removing the testicles of prepubescent boys to…
IT FOLLOWS and the perils of subtext
The first sounds of It Follows is of somebody running in heels. In a single shot,…
How DreamWorks Animation Lost Its Way
When I was kid, growing up at the dawn of the 21st century, there was…
RICH HILL and the absence of context
In the opening scene of Rich Hill, Andrew states the film’s thesis: “People around town, they…
PARIS IS BURNING and the abundance of context
“I remember my dad saying that everybody has three strikes in this world. Every black…
The Hollywood Calendar
Actually, the backward sliding of blockbuster season would have been of some benefit to me…
“Continue down your mistaken path”: FEAR AND DESIRE (1953)
Looking back at the early work of a great, unified artist tempts one to read…
ZOMBEAVERS: the Crank Yankers of horror comedy
Jordan Rubin, the director and co-writer of Zombeavers, had previously been a writer on The Man Show, The…
To Live And Divergent In LA
In the year since Divergent was released, so much has changed for the cast. Shailiene…
A Cinderella Story
It’s interesting to look at how the treatment of fairy tales in pop culture has…