Authoritarian Agonistes: Son of Griff on ’71’s Scopophilic Supercops
In the 1970s, conservative American mythologies confronted historical realities. The Mai Lai massacre, the Kent…
HITMAN: Blood Brothers and Blood Debts (Part 2 of 2)
Hitman’s balance of the silly and the deadly serious tipped more towards comedy in the…
Hilarity, Heartbreak, and HITMAN (Part 1 of 2)
A year ago, I talked about the paradoxes that drive The Boys author Garth Ennis’s…
Year of the Month: THAT NIGHT’S WIFE
Yasujirō Ozu has earned his place in film history as the most serene of directors,…
But It’s Mine: Persia on Ownership and Control in the World of FARGO
One of the most famous lines in the Coen brothers’ Oscar-winning Fargo comes close to…
The Friday Article Roundup Stands at the Edge of the Future
The FAR has discovered that time is an illusion, so we can simultaneously dive into…
Year Of The Month: Miller on FIVE MINUTES TO LIVE
Johnny Cash has been everywhere, man. Of travel he’s had his share, man. But the…
Year of the Month: Son of Griff on LAYER CAKE
2004’s Layer Cake, on first butcher’s*, appears to mark the beginning of the end of…
Year of the Month: Son of Griff on SUPER FLY — The Movie
At first glance, Super Fly fits the traditional definition of 1970s “blaxploitation.” It’s set in…
Year of the Month: Miller on Charley Varrick and The Friends of Eddie Coyle
“It was a bad sign when a man like Handy started owning things and started…