loaded question: what movie that you love would you change the ending of, and how?
Inspired by China’s new censoring of the ending of Fight Club, in the most bizarre way…
The King’s Daughter movie review: a royal disaster
Ostensibly a movie in the same way that a Victorian folly is ostensibly a Japanese temple or a medieval castle. That is: not at all. Like a themed high-school prom from 1994, and an accidental horror.
Munich: The Edge of War movie review: they’ll try to thwart Hitler!
Dull, earnest fanfic full of halfhearted secret-agent shenanigans and a misguided rethink of Chamberlain the appeaser. Same-old rote, by-the-number World War II–ing we’ve seen countless times before.
Passing movie review: the realities and fallacies of race
Everything about this astonishing, just-plain-satisfying film feels like a revelation. Bone-deep subversive yet universal, dripping with a quiet dread yet also beautiful and beautifully wise.
loaded question: what historical event needs a movie devoted to it?
I’m thinking of events that haven’t already been covered on film, but if you’re aware of an unexplored angle on an event that has been seen onscreen, that’ll work, too.
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I’m guesting again on movie podcast Ribbon of Memes
I join hosts RogerBW and Nick Marsh to talk about the 1988 Oscar winner Cinema Paradiso.
Don’t Look Up movie review: is the sky falling?
I laughed a lot while also feeling sick to my stomach. As subtle as a sledgehammer, almost obnoxious… and yet it might as well be a documentary. Is it elegant? Is it art? Who the fuck cares?
curated: why are movies and TV shows so muddy-looking these days?
Emily VanDerWerff at Vox explores several possible reasons for this, including a deep dive into how digital cameras and, even more importantly, digital postproduction have impacted how movies look.
I’m guesting on movie podcast SpyHards
I join special agents Scott and Cam to talk about the 2012 Kathryn Bigelow film Zero Dark Thirty.
