Not every director starts a scene by yelling, “Action!” Clint Eastwood gently whispers, “When you’re ready,” while others don’t even bother calling it. Sam Fuller used to fire a starter’s pistol into the air. And if IMDB.com is to be … Continue reading THE NEON DEMON
Coco gets better with every viewing. Cars 3 improves slightly. Toy Story 4 does not. It makes the construction lazier, motivation messier, and rewrites a central character to make him the fool. It’s not one for the ages. From Boulder Weekly Vol. 26, No. 45, “To infinity, … Continue reading TOY STORY 4
Stories have trained us to expect life to progress in a linear fashion: Setup, complication, and resolution—preferably in that order and ideally with some connective tissue. In reality, it’s a little more circuitous. The connections are there, but some distance … Continue reading AMERICAN WOMAN
Ginger & Rosa tells the story of two 17-year-old girls who are coming of age in England, 1962. With the creation of the atomic bomb, mankind had finally unlocked the power to obliterate all living things from the planet. The older … Continue reading GINGER & ROSA
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