A Bigger Splash (2015) The Plot: Marianne Lane (Tilda Swinton), a world-famous rock star, and her documentarian boyfriend Paul De Smedt (Matthias Schoenaerts) are enjoying a private vacation/medical recovery session after Marianne severely damages her vocal chords in concert. Their Mediterranean lovers’ retreat meets an early end when an old friend, Harry Hawkes (Ralph Fiennes),…
Baddie: Pride Lesson: Don’t…move to…the woods? I’ve been excited for The Witch since its successful premier at Sundance last year, receiving high accolades and earning Robert Eggers ‘Best Director:Dramatic’. Eggers is able to successfully present a film that it is able to examine and provide a nuanced criticism of Puritan values. Spoilers ahead, so please proceed with caution. To dismiss The Witch as…
A few years ago I wrote an incoherent, rambling filler article™ on the 2001 fashion-based comedy Zoolander. In 2013, I could hardly describe that article as timely or relevant, or even very good, but having just reread it I can say that I made one really solid point. Zoolander is, by genre, a stupid comedy.…
Truthfully, the notion that a Deadpool movie exists at all still feels like a minor miracle. It’s been 7 years since the Marvel’s fourth-wall shattering anti-hero and patron saint of the internet* made his infamously off-model film debut in the underwhelming X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and at the time, getting the character on screen in proper form –much…
When we are very, very small, we encounter certain places and things that, along with the people linked to them, serve a formative role within our development as human beings. I hope to no one’s great surprise, some movies did this for me, and over the years writing for this blog I have made an…
What makes great art? Is great art that which sticks with you? Is great the movie/ novel/ painting that changes your perspective on life? Is it a work that can provide you with a sense of comfort and home when you’re feeling your worst? If so, then Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure is, without a doubt, great art. Bill…
Last year I struggled to make a top ten list because I had a hard time picking ten movies I actually liked. With the exception of a few irreplaceable gems, 2014 sucked. I had difficulty yet again compiling such a list, but this time because too many good movies came out in 2015. 2015 was…
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