I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO
My countryman is my enemy. Intersectionality – noun – the theory that the overlap of…
Like Flat Soda, THE FOUNDER is Tepid and Has No Bubbles
The story of the commercialization of McDonald’s, a burger company that has transcended across the…
20th Century Women Brings Weight To Seemingly Inconsequential Moments Of Life
Perspective is a funny thing. We all have different ways of approaching just about anything…
20th CENTURY WOMEN: Life after Watergate
It might be easy to think of 20th Century Women, written and directed by Mike…
Doug’s Cinematic Firsties: Goodfellas Is A 145 Minute Reminder Of Why Martin Scorsese Is A Cinematic Legend
Doug’s Cinematic Firsties is a recurring series wherein Douglas Laman (A.K.A. NerdInTheBasement) will review a…
Coping With Grief At A Young Age Is The Crux Of The Phenomenal A Monster Calls
Contemplating on A Monster Calls after seeing it, I’ve come to the conclusion that the…
Manchester By The Sea Explores How Human Beings Can Go On Carrying Immense Sorrow
To carry pain in one’s heart is to be human. Our own experiences in life…
The Year in Review: The Summer of Brexit and the Winter of Trump
The idea that films reflect the conditions in which they were made is a given.…
For the Open Heart, For the Willing Hand: HOW THE WEST WAS WON and American History as Spectacle
Technically, only two narrative films were ever made in proper three-strip Cinerama. The one with…
“It’s not murder, it’s ketchup.” — HOT FUZZ and FARGO
Spoilers for Hot Fuzz and Fargo follow Edgar Wright’s modern comedy classic Hot Fuzz, which turns one decade old…