Joker: Folie à Deux (or how Todd Phillips Learned to Hate His Audience)Todd Phillip’s first foray into comic book movies was wildly successful, more than anyone could have imagined. Joker made over a billion…Oct 6Oct 6
Requiem for a Pastime (Saying Goodbye to the Oakland A’s)Space was tight in the passages in the Oakland Coliseum. For a newcomer like myself, I could see why a new stadium would be a draw. The…Sep 26Sep 26
Review: Beetlejuice BeetlejuiceAudiences waited a long time to see a follow-up to Beetlejuice, 36 years to be exact. Top Gun: Maverick and Twisters recently proved that…Sep 10Sep 10
Review: LonglegsThe marketing for Longlegs rivals only The Blair Witch Project in terms of boosting a little-known genre film to major success. Even people…Jul 142Jul 142
‘Civil War’ Ducks the Culture WarsThe trailer for A24’s Civil War provoked an immediate response. Automatically, battle lines were drawn on social media and around the…Apr 151Apr 151
The Best Films of 2023Nothing would have surprised me about Barbie blowing away the competition in cineplexes this year. It’s a brand known the world over. It…Dec 31, 2023Dec 31, 2023
Can You Stomach ‘The Zone of Interest’?The threshold to justify spending time watching Nazis in a film is incredibly high. The Zone of Interest, Jonathan Glazer’s latest…Dec 13, 2023Dec 13, 2023
Napoleon and Saltburn: Two Films That Trolled Us (to varying success)(published at ThatShelf.com)Nov 29, 2023Nov 29, 2023
Review: Killers of the Flower MoonAmerica’s foremost cinematic storyteller, Martin Scorsese has covered the many ways America fails itself and its people multiple times…Oct 25, 2023Oct 25, 2023
‘Under the Silver Lake’ Hid its Villain as a LeadUnder the Silver Lake didn’t make much noise when it debuted a little over four years ago. A stark contrast to the buzz director Robert…Aug 22, 2023Aug 22, 2023