How Fetch: Mean Girls at 15
Mean Girls hardly invented the high school movie, but in 2004 it came damned close to perfecting it. That certainly … Continue reading How Fetch: Mean Girls at 15
Month: September 2019
Why I Love… #108: The Last Movie
Year: 1971 Director: Dennis Hopper Stars: Dennis Hopper, Stella Garcia, Samuel Fuller The Last Movie is a hard movie to … Continue reading Why I Love… #108: The Last Movie
Review: The Farewell
Director: Lulu Wang Stars: Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Shuzhen Zhao It takes a significant amount of hubris on the part of … Continue reading Review: The Farewell
Review: Ad Astra
Director: James Gray Stars: Brad Pitt, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland We all live, for the most part, on the surface. … Continue reading Review: Ad Astra
Review: Night Hunter
Director: David Raymond Stars: Alexandra Daddario, Henry Cavill, Ben Kingsley Looking for all the world as though Oscar Isaac said, … Continue reading Review: Night Hunter
Review: The Souvenir
Director: Joanna Hogg Stars: Honor Swinton Byrne, Tom Burke, Tilda Swinton Joanna Hogg’s latest is her most ambitious project yet, … Continue reading Review: The Souvenir
Review: Hustlers
Director: Lorene Scafaria Stars: Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Cardi B Hustlers has been called ‘the female Goodfellas‘ which assumes that the … Continue reading Review: Hustlers
Why I Love… #107: Talk To Her
Year: 2002 Director: Pedro Almodóvar Stars: Javier Cámara, Dario Grandinetti, Leonor Watling Echoes and opposites permeate all facets of Talk To … Continue reading Why I Love… #107: Talk To Her
Review: Her Smell
Director: Alex Ross Perry Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Gayle Rankin, Agyness Deyn Brady Corbet’s self-serious essay on stardom Vox Lux culminates … Continue reading Review: Her Smell
Review: IT Chapter Two
Director: Andy Muschietti Stars: Bill Hader, Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy Andy Muschietti’s IT felt like a culmination of everything popular horror … Continue reading Review: IT Chapter Two
Minutiae: The Opening Scene of The Naked Kiss
This week sees the UK blessed with a bluray release of Samuel Fuller’ 1964 film The Naked Kiss, added to … Continue reading Minutiae: The Opening Scene of The Naked Kiss
Review: The Beach Bum
Director: Harmony Korine Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Snoop Dogg, Zac Efron Matthew McConaughey’s perma-stoned poet burn-out Moondog careers through his life … Continue reading Review: The Beach Bum
The Lost Highway Hotel 