The Wicker Man (1973)
In The Wicker Man, the intrigue lies beyond simple machinations. And it is in the periphery where the film leaves its mark.Continue Reading
In The Wicker Man, the intrigue lies beyond simple machinations. And it is in the periphery where the film leaves its mark.Continue Reading
Uncut Gems begins with a colonoscopy and, though artful, ends with an equally intrusive view of a bullet wound. The implication being that Howard Ratner is full of shit no matter how he dresses up excuses for not ever having the money he owes.Continue Reading
For the longest, I had been wary of falling for the hype whenever I would come across the name of Sofia Coppola’s sophomore feature. It being Hollywood, and the plaudits emanating in unison from professional circles, my pupils dilated on cue for possible warning sings; my qualms about such worksContinue Reading
We can spend the keystrokes refuting its failings or, instead, expend similar resources recounting time spent marveling at the gawk-inducing reels while mesmerized by a scientific premise brimming with the inventive bonafides of a truly curious mind.Continue Reading
The truth about Hereditary lies not between inception and release but rather multiple viewings.Continue Reading
Whenever viewers lament verbal exposition as too on the nose, overly oratory, or detrimental to pacing you’re easily reminded of the alternative; the type which develops through action. Though you’d be wiser than to accept as better exposition anything merely meeting the requirement of being “other.” Buenos DiazContinue Reading
We almost see the harem fantasy in proper context. Almost.Continue Reading
The employment of a narrative of diptychs, title cards, and the artistic decision to shoot in monocolor alone would have vaulted Sang-soo Hong’s ode to cinema halfway to realization without factoring in his recurrent and self-referential character stocks. Screenwriters and filmmakers. Such archetypes while not constants in his work stillContinue Reading