‘I Love Boosters’ Is Not the Critique of Capitalism It Claims to Be
Director Boots Riley and critics interpret I Love Boosters as an anti-capitalist, if not revolutionary, tale. Quite the opposite, in fact.
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‘Unearthly Stranger’ Warns: Beware Whom You Marry
Sci-fi movie Unearthly Stranger is wonky, but viewers will enjoy the crackerjack paranoia, terror, and chilling “something is not right” about this marriage moments.
‘House of Dreams’ and the No-Budget Hell of No-Budget Horror
House of Dreams explores the nightmare of creativity one must endure to make a no-budget horror movie.
Coming-of-Age Drama ‘I’ll Be Gone in June’ Subverts the Narrative Tradition
In her 9/11-era drama, I’ll Be Gone in June, Rivilis hits perfect tension between how life moves so fast, and yet, so slow.
Chris and Jack’s Hypnotic Blinking Screens with Changing Colors
YouTube sketch comedy Chris and Jack critiques media clichés, predictable outcomes, and our addiction to hypnotic screens; the very things of the series itself.
The Beatles ‘Magical Mystery Tour’: Best Band, Worst Movie
The Beatles’ disaster of a pop musical, quirky, farce, road trip fantasy film that became Magical Mystery Tour begins with triumph.
‘Renoir’ Faces the Uglier Parts of Grieving
Chie Hayakawa’s deeply personal Renoir is a harsh and intimate portrait of childhood, examining a grief that arrives without clear form or catharsis.
‘Backrooms’ Is Horror Cinema’s ‘Lost’
Kane Parsons’ uncanny creeper Backrooms is a Borgesian labyrinth of thrilling yet ultimately disappointing potential. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Gen X Suffers Mainstream Culture Constipation
In today’s overstuffed, mainstream culture of recycled “art”, nothing old moves and nothing new gets through. It’s enough to make a Gen-Xer pretty damn cranky.
Gen X’s Death By the Point of the Stiletto
David Frankel’s satire The Devil Wears Prada rendered Gen X’s smarter-than-everyone, holier-than-thou attitude of perpetual disaffection obsolete.
Satire Is No Longer Critical; It’s Inspirational
Satire meant to critique corporate greed and the dark side of masculinity has instead inspired a new kind of performance identity.
Symphonic Cinematic Celebration of Miles Davis Dazzles
This production pairs Miles Davis’ original, isolated live trumpet performances from a new film with new orchestrations by a 12-piece ensemble performed.