The Green Knight (2021)
2023-08-18
Momentary spurts of brilliance are otherwise reserved to, yet again, characters occupying the periphery.Continue Reading
The Ninth Gate (1999): Knocking on the Door… to Nowhere
2023-08-11
Dean Corso leaves New York for Europe and fucks the Devil.Continue Reading
The Lighthouse (2019): an Intimate Portrait of Monochrome Mayhem
2023-07-22
Mythology and homoeroticism wash ashore.Continue Reading
Gothika (2003): Closing the Circle
2023-06-20
Of all the things it wants to be at once, a ghost story is the tackiest.Continue Reading
The Gift (2015): An Accidental Revenge?
2022-08-26
What qualifies as a twist comes as open to interpretation. I liked that involvement of “did he or did he not do it?”Continue Reading
Nocturnal Animals (2016)
2018-01-03
Childish Gambino, James Franco, take note; the Renaissance man you want to emulate is Tom Ford. And I suppose for it to fly under the radar for one cinephile is one thing. For one married to a brand-savvy consumer of all things constitutes a double dosage of shame. Ah, itContinue Reading
