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
The oft-imitated Pulp Fiction endures to the tune of two decades at a minimum when taking in Days of Grace. It’s not an imitation but the influence looms nonetheless. Of this charge, it is absolved. Buenos DiazContinue Reading
Somewhere between the speed boats, standard-issue supercars, and deep cover meet-ups, Miami Vice demands an increasing threshold of incredulity. By no means is this a flaw except while on the one hand you have to contest with suspension of disbelief to a point, you also end up struggling to keepContinue Reading
Often misunderstood, and romanticized for the wrong reasons—and such was the power of Mario Puzo’s Godfather screen adaptation—the mob genre is mistakenly celebrated at each cycle of reinvention. The Italian mafia in films has undergone a persistent makeover, resurrecting in newer, grimier skin each time around to the shortsighted delightContinue Reading
