The Professionals: Michael Mann’s Men
The iconic repeated image of a Michael Mann film is a man with a gun,…
Selma Is An Excellent Example Of Relevance And Quality Filmmaking
Discussing the topic of racial inequality in America is pretty much one of the most…
ANT-MAN and the Children of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
The trailer for the long-gestating Marvel superhero flick Ant-Man is now out, with millions (if…
The foggy familiarity of INHERENT VICE
Less than two years after Altamont marked the end of the Hippy era, Rolling Stone…
A weekend of male ego, or: catching up with the best movies of 2014
Having finally caught up with a whole bunch of the year end’s critically acclaimed movies,…
ZERO MOTIVATION
If War is Hell, then Army Administrative Work is Purgatory: it could be worse, and…
Just Say Yes! The Politics of INHERENT VICE
You could make an entire film out of Joaquin Phoenix’s reaction shots, and Paul Thomas…
What are we to do with TOP FIVE?
The end of 2014 has been rife with navel-gazing examinations of the intersections of fame,…
The Clash: New Year’s Day ’77
New Years From the Brink Nostalgia is a curious thing. The idea of the past…
The Scorsese Experience: Italianamerican
In my last article, I called Mean Streets “a home movie with actors,” so it’s…