Taco Break: Sex (or the lack thereof)
Is it just me, or do this year’s Best Picture films feel like the most…
Taco Break: Ambiguity and the Potential for Misreading
In 1987, Oliver Stone dissected the hyper-materialism of the 1980s with Wall Street, a film where…
Taco Break: Chemical Inebriation!
Ed’s Note: We here at The Solute does not encourage, promote or even necessarily partake…
Taco Break: The Politics of Boycotts
PAST In 2013, the LGBTQ community launched a boycott against DC Comics and Lionsgate for…
Taco Break: The Allure of Their Struggle
In 2010, Srđan Spasojević made the graphic horror movie A Serbian Film as a response to…
Taco Break: The Preponderance of the “Director’s Cut”
This week, Michael Mann’s Ali is coming out with a third “director’s cut” of the movie,…
Taco Break: Unexpected Masterpieces
Having grown up on classical culture, especially music, has skewed my perspective on pop culture.…
Taco Break: The Myth of the Hot Take
Movies are intensely personal. What may talk to one person may be inert to another…
Taco Break: New Years Movies
Christmas movies are a dime a dozen (Hanukkah movies, on the other hand, are almost…
Taco Break: False Advertising
Advertising can actually mean so much to a viewer’s experience. Let’s face it, a filmmaker…