Working-Class Hero: ‘Clerks’ at (Almost) 302024 will mark the 30th anniversary of the release of Clerks, Kevin Smith’s black-and-white, made-on-a-shoestring debut about a pair of…May 11, 2023May 11, 2023
Darkness at Noon: Deception and Longing in Billy Wilder’s “Double Indemnity”With a shiny new 4K Criterion release just out, it’s time to take a closer look at Double Indemnity, the greatest film noir of all time…Jun 27, 2022Jun 27, 2022
The Multiverse of Sadness — How ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Finds a Path Through DespairDepending on how you define it, the concept of the “multiverse” has been around for at least as long human beings have been telling…Jun 13, 20228Jun 13, 20228
‘New York Ninja’ Is the Movie That Never Was — Until Now.Vinegar Syndrome Resurrects an Abandoned Classic of 80’s Action SchlockJan 16, 2022Jan 16, 2022
The Matrix Reconsidered“Reloaded” and “Revolutions” Are Mediocre Movies — But They’re Great Art.Nov 20, 2021Nov 20, 2021
Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” Points the Way forward for Big Budget Sci-FiThe Age of Spectacle is Dead, Long Live the Age of Spectacle.Nov 10, 20214Nov 10, 20214
Fascism in Mind: Bertolucci’s “The Conformist”There is a scene, near the end of Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1970 masterpiece The Conformist, that is as haunting and horrific as anything ever…Aug 11, 2021Aug 11, 2021
“The Tomorrow War” is a Movie™All films are pastiche, but the best films reference ideas, and not just each other. The Tomorrow War, Chris Pratt’s new Amazon-exclusive…Jul 13, 20211Jul 13, 20211
“Nobody” is White Suburban Dad Revenge Porn, Minus all that Messy Moral AmbiguityNobody, the new film from Ilya Naishuller, is a serviceable action movie made noxious, thanks to the very flawed (and very American) logic…Jun 23, 20213Jun 23, 20213
