Racing Extinction documentary review: the asteroid this time is humanity
A horror flick about the blundering of humanity on a scale so enormous that global warming is only a small part of it. But its monster is not unconquerable.
Month: February 2016
London photo: winged sculpture
In the City.
Where to Invade Next documentary review: finding the American dream everywhere but America
Michael Moore doesn’t hate America. But he does wonder how other nations are doing so many things better than the supposed greatest country in the world.
Deadpool movie review: origin story with a potty mouth
Callous, crass, unpleasantly smug. Supposes it’s being edgy because its protagonist swears a lot, but it’s like a child saying bad words just to be naughty.
London photo: a journalists’ church?
St. Bride’s, off Fleet Street, which is of course the traditional home of British media.
Where Are the Women? The Hunting Ground
There are so many women onscreen, including the vast majority of the university administrators, lawyers, activists, and other experts interviewed.
The Hunting Ground documentary review: why you have no idea how bad rape is on campus
U.S. universities have plenty of financial incentives to minimize rape on campus, as this enraging film demonstrates. But there are women fighting back…
Rams (Hrútar) movie review: brothers in farms
Exists on the spectrum between “fascinating and unclassifiably odd” and “could almost be a parody of an arthouse film except it’s too moving to be a joke.”
Tumbledown movie review: letting go of the past
A portrait of grief that borrows the conventions of romantic comedies. There may not be a lot of passion here, but there is plenty of pleasant zing.
Where Are the Women? The Hateful Eight
An opportunity for a female villain whose crimes are not gendered is squandered in favor of rendering her a punching bag for male protagonists.
