Note: “Worse” as in “worse for the people who make movies with him,” because “The Lighthouse” owns very, very hard. Continue reading
Posted in October 2019 …
Review: Greener Grass, 2019, dir. Jocelyn DeBoer & Dawn Luebbe
And you thought my obsession with “Lemon” was a sign of twisted character! Continue reading
“10 Underrated Horror Movies To Feast On This Month”
Doesn’t get much more cut and dry than this, especially as regards the movies here where monsters and villains exist who wish for nothing more than to cut you and leave you dry. Continue reading
“How Foam Brewers Find Creativity Under Pressure”
A young brewery so good at making top-notch, unique beers, plus great examples of trendy beer styles, that they’ll leave you…foaming at the mouth. Yeah, I did that. I did. Continue reading
“Mister America Is A Mockumentary That Feels Unsettlingly Real”
Not the Noah Baumbach movie starring Lola Kirke and Greta Gerwig, but rather the grimy, unpleasant, ultimately hilarious big-screen version of a Tim Heidecker and Greg Turkington bit. Continue reading
“Great Movie Moments in Farting History”
Let me tell you: I had a real gas writing this piece. I trumpeted my enthusiasm the whole time I worked on it, no ifs, ands, or…buts. I can do this all day, by the way. Continue reading
“‘The Day Shall Come’ And The Myth Of The Black Nationalist Terrorist”
The day shall come! In fact, it already came! It’s done. It’s gone. You missed it. What the hell, why weren’t you paying attention for the day. Continue reading
“‘Memory: The Origins of Alien’ Bears Abiding Fondness For A Sci-Fi Legend”
And now, we go back in time to an era of peak crime and the year of Three Mile Island, Voyager I and Jupiter’s rings, space shuttle orbiter Columbia, and the Iran hostage crisis; also the year of “Alien.” Coincidence? Probably. Continue reading
“The Death of Dick Long Might Be So Profane It’s Profound”
I have exactly less than no idea how to talk about this movie without giving away its dark, disgusting, hilarious secrets. Continue reading
“Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘Loro’ Is The Perfect Film For Our Lying Times”
A movie where a woman does a series of cartwheels in one scene, then smash cuts to her landing on a guy’s crotch in a totally different scene. Also a movie about Silvio Berlusconi. Now THAT’S Italian! Continue reading
“Films by Women: Five Movies to Watch from September (2019)”
Darin’, you don’t need to give up on booksmarts if you want to be a hustler. You just have to remember that satanic panic is always in season. Continue reading
“In Joe Begos’ Bliss, Meat Is Muse”
Waiter, Joe Begos got his splatter horror film in this examination of the artist’s enduring creative struggle. Not complaining! They’re tasty together. Continue reading
“Gruff Rhys Breaks Down Language Barriers on ‘Pang!'”
No Welsh? No problem! Continue reading
A Constant Visual Feast 