Bad Love – Part IV: IN A LONELY PLACE
It’s hardly surprising that films about bad love tend to expose the Hollywood machinery that churns…
The Musical Career of Rachel Bloom – The YouTube Videos
Many of us at The Solute are big fans of the CW musical comedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,…
“If I Ever Start Referring To These As The Best Years Of My Life, Remind Me To Kill Myself”: A Review Of Dazed And Confused
At this point, the rise of a new breed of indie filmmaker in the early…
New Modes for Old Truths: the Beloved Community of PARIS IS BURNING (1990)
If everybody went to balls and did less drugs, it would be a fun world.…
Batman v. Superman Does Not Inspire Or Awe, It Only Infuriates
“She’s talking to angels Counting the stars Waiting for Superman to pick her up In…
Bad Love – Part 3: VERTIGO
It’s usually a bad idea to fall in love with a ghost. It’s an equally…
Zootopia Has Plenty Of Weighty Themes And Big Laughs
Some of the most loved rhetoric to describe gestating projects by Hollywood producers is “grounded”…
Almost Kubrick: A Marathon of 2010’s Science Fiction
One of the surprising wins at this year’s Oscar ceremony was Alex Garland’s Ex Machina…
Bad Films Shot By Great Cinematographers: JACK
Who Shot It: John Toll. Toll’s career as a cinematographer (he had previously done second-unit work and…
Bad Films Shot By Great Cinematographers: THE HARVEST (1993)
Who Shot It: Emmanuel Lubezki. Lubezki is now a three-time Oscar winner, and you know…