Our Obligation to the Past
The Academy is a large enough and complex enough group that it’s hard to ascribe…
Film on the Disc: LAW OF DESIRE
One year after Matador, Pedro Almodovar’s Law of Desire codified the techniques that would define Almodovar’s works for…
Film on the Disc: MATADOR
Pedro Almodovar had an early reputation of being an Enfant Terrible. He was a michevous…
RAW
In college, I knew a woman who was a few years older than the rest…
Film on the Internet: THITHI on Netflix
Century Gowda is a crotchety old man. At 101 years old, he’s the oldest man…
JULIETA
What is a woman? Second wave feminism stated that women can be whatever the hell…
TRAIN TO BUSAN
OK, guys. Let’s face it. The zombie genre is exhausted. We’ve had zombie strippers, zombie pets,…
Film on the Television: HOUSE on Turner Classic Movies
If you happen to find yourself stuck in a basement with television this weekend –…
DEMON
Every person, every family, every culture, every society, and every country has skeletons in their…
Foreign Language Oscars: The Notebook
Each year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences releases a shortlist of foreign…