Madonna and Julius: A Cinematic Retrospective – EVITA (1996)
Madonna As we close the chapter on Madonna the sexual being, the next chapter would…
Julius Kassendorf
Julius Kassendorf is the founder of The-Solute, and previously founded The Other FIlms and Project Runaways in 2013. There, he dabbled in form within reviews to better textualize thought processes about the medium of film.
Previously, he has blogged at other, now-defunct, websites that you probably haven't heard of, and had a boyfriend in Canada for many years. Julius resides in Seattle, where he enjoys the full life of the Seattle Film Community.
Julius' commanding rule about film: Don't Be Common. He believes the worst thing in the world is for a film to be like every other film, with a secondary crime of being a film with little to no ambition.
Articles:
The Search for the Full Movie
In 1979, Italo Calvino described a world where the reader is on the search for…
Book: IT DOESN’T SUCK: SHOWGIRLS (2014)
Adam Nayman’s short pop-culture curiosity, It Doesn’t Suck: Showgirls, is an attempt to reclaim Showgirls as both…
THE BIRDCAGE (1996) – A Mike Nichols Film
One of the more contentious films in Mike Nichols’ career was The Birdcage, whose admirers and…
Scenic Routes: SHOWGIRLS (1995)
MAJOR Trigger Warnings Showgirls is a special failure. Very special. Verhoeven has the highest aspirations…
SHOWGIRLS 2: PENNY’S FROM HEAVEN (2011)
Rena Riffel is pissed off. I guess I would be too. You spend 5 years…
SHOWGIRLS (1995): A Journey
Reviewing Showgirls 19 years after its failure is difficult. Unless you’ve been living under a rock,…
Cinerama won’t save us this time
In the Seattle area, we have a real-life Cinerama. It’s one of four left in…
Madonna and Julius: A Cinematic Retrospective – FOUR ROOMS (1995)
Madonna Facing the drubbing that Madonna received in the wake of Body of Evidence, Madonna took…
The “Outsider” of Awards Shows
On Friday night, audiences wanting to see The Amazing Race were treated to a 3 1/2…