A SERBIAN FILM is a temper tantrum posing as cultural critique
Warning: Triggers and spoilers When an artist throws a temper tantrum, sometimes the results can…
Halloween Psych-Out – Part 2: Safe
The body turned inside-out evokes fear of our exposure, our vulnerability. The usual approach, in…
BRAIN CANDY hated commercialism
In 1996, the relatively popular late-night sketch show Kids in the Hall released a movie. This is…
Halloween Psych-Out – Part 1: Marathon Man
Films that explore trauma interest me greatly. Not just because they, of course, expand the…
CHICKEN LITTLE is an Unmitigated Disaster
Mark Dindal is a good director. He has an affinity for old school cartoons and…
MEN, WOMEN & CHILDREN (2014): A Defense
The original version of this review was published in the comments at The Dissolve in response…
GIMME SHELTER: The Day The Monsters Were Exposed
Due to its subject matter, Gimme Shelter resides as a cultural landmark between Woodstock: 3…
Re-Viewing 1980s U.S. Films – Part 7: This Is Spinal Tap/Ishtar
As we re-view the 80s it becomes rather evident that the larger the budget for…
A ‘Buyers Club’ of Nonsense
Often in discussions of film, there are those inevitable phrases like, ‘of the moment’ or…
Re-Viewing 1980s U.S. Films – Part 6: Drugstore Cowboy
William S. Burroughs stated that the title of his most (in)famous book, Naked Lunch (1959),…