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Recent Film ColumnsMonday, November 2 2009
The Ghostbusters Twinkie DefenseMore surprising than the still-impressive special effects and the jokes that hold up to modern scrutiny is the fact that there are moments throughout Ghostbusters that are legitimately scary. (more Lowbrow Literati) Thursday, October 29 2009
In from the Fog: Monstrous Fishermen in Popular CultureTo paraphrase Nietzsche, when fighting monsters one should be careful not to become one, but that’s a major reason why many people fish: to slay the proverbial dragon. (more The Tackle Box) Wednesday, October 28 2009
A Ghost Story of Dubious OriginsNo matter the vercity of the tale, The Haunting in Connecticut has just enough creep quotient to keep me engaged, especially since I grew up a few miles from the house. (more The Box Office Belletrist) Monday, October 26 2009
Frightful RomeProfondo Rosso, the Dario Argento store in Rome, hints at a dramatic cultural shift taking place in Italy regarding the appreciation and analysis of classic Italian horror films. (more Dread Reckoning) Tuesday, October 20 2009
Pete Kelly’s BluesJack Webb's glum radio series 'Pete Kelly's Blues' is a sigh of a tribute to the roaring '20s, a melancholic parade of blistering jazz and the pointlessness of its own nostalgia. (more Retro Remote) Friday, September 25 2009
Hal Ashby: Hollywood RebelFilms and books strive toward a common goal: telling a story. And very few modern filmmakers are as good at spinning a yarn as the late Hal Ashby was. (more Deconstruction Zone) Thursday, September 24 2009
If You’re Going to San Francisco…The Complete Monterey Pop Festival perfectly captures the dangerously unstable compound called rock music right before it exploded and permanently altered the American cultural landscape. (more The Rockist) Monday, September 21 2009
Horrifyingly Close to RealityWestern culture’s perspective of torture is complex and paradoxical; it's considered immoral, illegal, primitive, and indecent, yet it's shocking to see that torture methods continue to be used in the interrogation of prisoners of war. (more Dread Reckoning) Friday, September 18 2009
Comic Re-ImaginingNot all comic book adaptations are created equal, especially not when comparing our own imaginings with what actually happens when books are moved from print to screen. (more Worlds in Panels) Tuesday, September 15 2009
Captain Obama and the Final FrontierObama's four-year mission: to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new kinds of political confusion; to boldly go where no rational health-care reformer has gone before. (more Pop Goes Philosophy) Thursday, September 3 2009
Buster Keaton: The Sound of His ObsessionBill Frisell's ambient, fuzzy, meandering guitar doodles sound like they're trying to approximate the sad stillness blowing through the corridors of Keaton's mind. (more Canon Fodder) Wednesday, September 2 2009
Not to be Silenced: To Kill a Mockingbird'To Kill a Mockingbird' is more than an enlightening tale of the racial inadequacies in the South during the Depression -- it inspired people to study law. (more The Box Office Belletrist) Thursday, August 27 2009
Dear Mr. Denby: In Defense of Inglourious BasterdsQuentin Tarantino drives critics nuts because he loves movies. 'New Yorker' critic David Denby drives The Rockist nuts because he hates movies. (more The Rockist) Wednesday, August 26 2009
G.I. Joe’s Future Hangs on the UnbalancedThe fate of 'The Rise of Cobra' (both the toys and the movie) might depend on something completely out of Hasbro’s control: nostalgia. (more Lowbrow Literati) Friday, August 14 2009
“No Dad, What About You?!”: The John Hughes Generation ConflictJohn Hughes went to bat for us teenagers against the evil Baby Boomer adults and the damage their material expectations inflicted on the classic American nuclear family. (more The Rockist) Thursday, August 13 2009
Oceans of FearBrace yourself: this is a fish tale that can silence – like the great white shark itself – all of its competitors. (more The Tackle Box) Thursday, July 30 2009
International d’HorreurThe country that is producing high quality fear flicks these days is not in North America nor anywhere in Asia, but in Western Europe. (more Dread Reckoning) Wednesday, July 29 2009
We All End Up in Diapers: The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonComparing the book to the film, it’s as if Fitzgerald laid just the foundation, and from that Roth built a multi-storied house. (more The Box Office Belletrist) Friday, July 24 2009
You are Living in the Golden Years of CinemaExcellent movies are so thick on the ground that we're tripping on them – but never have so many delivered so much to such an ungrateful lot. (more Canon Fodder) Thursday, July 16 2009
Let the Kayfabe be Unbroken: My Breakfast with BlassieThis movie provokes a guilty-pleasure curiosity, followed by a yearning to somehow feel above the ridiculous performance you’re witnessing. (more Lowbrow Literati) |
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