give $1, just once, for Flick Filosopher’s 20th anniversary
As Groucho Marx or Mae West or Mark Twain or someone else once said: “If I’d known I was gonna live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself.”
The Vault movie review: where the money is haunted
Psychologically risible and paranormally inconsistent heist horror gives us not a single character to like or root for, or even to cheer dying.
Ingrid Goes West movie review: an antisocial-media story
Bitter, snide, and ultimately brutal, exactly the movie about social media we deserve; a satire that is barely satirical. Aubrey Plaza is hashtag savage.
The Limehouse Golem movie review: riffing on the Ripper
Lush sensationalism and Dickensian social justice collide in 1880s London, and if there isn’t quite enough of either, it’s still a slice of satisfying gothic horror.
curated: the haunting Twitter horror story of “Dear David”
I don’t believe a word of it, but it’s an amazing use of Twitter to tell a gripping story.
I am AWFJ’s Spotlight profile for September
It’s in honor of FlickFilosopher.com’s 20th anniversary this month.
God’s Own Country movie review: the cultivation of love
A wonderful portrait of life in a harsh, lonely place, and of romance as a prompt for personal growth and changing traditions. Raises the bar for British indies.
Detroit movie review: racism 101 for white people
Tense, gripping, enraging, but only about things that black Americans already know. This is a primer about racism for white people, and we must pay attention.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day 3D movie review: he said he’d be back…
An action masterpiece newly remastered in gorgeous 4K (and rejiggered for superfluous 3D) reveals how fresh it remains not only technically but thematically.
Logan Lucky movie review: a waste of a heist
Fun enough and diverting enough while you’re in the middle of it, but hints of something much richer and more satisfying dangle just out of its reach.
