To criticize a movie, you have to make another movie. —Jean-Luc Godard It might be the most notorious climax in American cinema: A Black man terrorizes a white woman, a Black militia lays siege to a white family’s cabin, and … Continue reading WITHIN OUR GATES
Warrior: Audrey Hepburnby Robert MatzenGoodKnight Books, 368 pp., $27.95 (hardcover), $14.99 (ebook)Published Sept. 28, 2021 It’s been nearly 30 years since Audrey Hepburn died, yet her visage is still synonymous with Hollywood movies and glamour. It’s no accident that one … Continue reading WARRIOR: AUDREY HEPBURN
He’s handsome and intelligent, well dressed, and a good dancer. He even listens intently, and his eyes don’t stray when a pretty girl walks by. He’s almost too good to be true. Alma can’t believe it: It’s as if he … Continue reading I’M YOUR MAN (ICH BIN DEIN MENSCH)
Above all, cinema is a style. Movies are a glorious and exciting exploration of the human condition, but without style, the images hang to the screen, failing to be anything more than a light flickering on a blank canvas. That’s … Continue reading PICKPOCKET
It’s never been an even playing field. It’s always been about sex, blood, and money. It’s all that matters. All that matters to Kate Sanders (Diana Silvers) is being the best. Hailing from Virginia, Kate has won a spot at … Continue reading BIRDS OF PARADISE
Evan Hansen is crippled by social anxiety. He’s a high school student, so that’s not unusual, but Evan is a little bit more. It’s as if he wants to speak, but the words just won’t come. Not to his mother, … Continue reading DEAR EVAN HANSEN
You don’t know it at first, but this is purgatory. Well, a way station might be a better description. Regardless, all the clients who arrive are deceased, and it’s up to the clerks to get them to the next place. … Continue reading AFTER LIFE (ワンダフルライフ)
Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker want you to know that God loves you—yes, he does. Their message is simple and humble, but they are anything but. They want to be on TV: she as a singer, he as a preacher. … Continue reading THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE
Gonna see my baby againGonna be with some of my friendsMaybe I’ll feel better againOn Blue Bayou That song, written by Joe Melson and Roy Orbison and sung halfway through Blue Bayou, encapsulates more consumable sadness than is probably healthy. Yet, … Continue reading BLUE BAYOU
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