Dad to the Bone: James Williams on the JOHN WICK series
AUTHOR’S NOTE: The following article contains spoilers for all four John Wick movies To me,…
Film on the Internet: Lydia Lomeli on KILL BILL VOL. 2
Tarantino films have always been my favorites. When Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2 came…
Year of the Month: Miller on HARD TIMES
The bare-knuckle boxing world of Depression-era New Orleans in Hard Times, where men meet in…
MISBEHAVIN’: THE DRAMATIC COMEDY OF SUCCESSION & THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES
The dysfunctions of the wealthy and powerful have been a part of fiction just as…
Year Of The Month: Kansas City Confidential
This is an archetypal film noir. I don’t think of myself as someone well-versed in…
HITMAN: Blood Brothers and Blood Debts (Part 2 of 2)
Hitman’s balance of the silly and the deadly serious tipped more towards comedy in the…
Hilarity, Heartbreak, and HITMAN (Part 1 of 2)
A year ago, I talked about the paradoxes that drive The Boys author Garth Ennis’s…
Year Of The Month: Ghostbusters of Fire by Miller
Cities existing on the edge of reality and unreality, grunge and gloss side by side.…
YOJIMBO: A Movie in Two Worlds by Persia
One man approaches ten, as dust blows dramatically. The two opponents—one ronin, one criminal gang—step…
YOJIMBO: A Man with No Name
A man walks down the only street in a small town. The wind blows dust…