daily stream: TFW a film is incredibly depressing but honestly really great, too
2016’s Hell or High Water is on Hulu in the US, and new on Netflix in the UK.
Hell or High Water
weekend watchlist: some much needed yet very realistic eco-optimism
Plus adventures in drinking, hanging out in bars, and murder. (First published August 7th, 2022, on Substack and Patreon.)
Going in Style movie review: pabulum and circuses
Bland, tasteless entertainmentstuff intended to neither move nor offend, and succeeds as such. A sad pile of unfunny nothing that falls painfully flat.
my picks for tonight’s 89th Academy Awards (the Oscars for 2016’s films)
Now updated with winners…
OFCS 2016 awards winners announced
Moonlight wins big…
AWFJ 2016 EDA Awards winners announced
Moonlight leads, with seven awards…
Hell or High Water movie review: there will be blood
Alongside plenty of heist-movie humor and suspense is a bleak fatalism grounded in depressing reality and resignation to the miserable necessity it demands.
