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Posted in August 2020 …
“‘The 24th’: Kevin Willmott’s Film About The Horrific 1917 Houston Riot Needs To Dig Deeper”
In which Andy feels terribly underqualified to talk about the movie he’s talking about, but he talks about it anyway. Continue reading
“America, the Land of ‘Random Acts of Violence'”
A slasher, but a slasher about *America*. Continue reading
“As The Postal Service Is Attacked By Trump, Workers Lament What’s Been Lost”
Just in case you were feeling comfortable with the state of the USPS again, you shouldn’t. Continue reading
“‘Peninsula’: ‘Train To Busan’ Sequel Expands The Scale & Emotional Stakes Of The Zombie Franchise”
Y’know, a zombie invasion at this point in the year would just be par for the course, and also maybe preferable to reality. Continue reading
“Scream Factory’s New ‘The Kiss of the Vampire’ Blu-Ray Revisits a Morbid, Kinky Classic”
It’s more of a bite than a kiss, but when the end result is you become a bloodsucking fiend, who’s keeping count? Continue reading
“Bright Eyes Are Getting Older and Facing Doom on ‘Down in the Weeds…'”
Another piece Present Andy wrote for Past Andy. Continue reading
“Hitch a Slimy, Slithering Ride with ‘Sputnik'”
Insert “in Soviet Russia” joke here. Continue reading
“‘Skin Walker’ Stumbles Over Too Many Psychological Tropes”
I was surprised to learn how many movies exist with a variation on this title. It’s…more than one. Continue reading
“‘The Complete Agnès Varda’ Criterion Box Set Is A Spectacular Tribute To A Unique Filmmaking Voice”
My relationship with the work of Agnès Varda began in 2017. Strictly speaking it began in college, when I first saw Vagabond, but when Faces Places opened in 2017, I firmly and immediately put the film on my best-of list for the year and began exploring her films beyond these two, culminating in some words on One Sings, … Continue reading
“‘She Dies Tomorrow’ and Maybe We Will Too”
Look, don’t get all mad at me, it’s literally true. Continue reading
“‘The Cuban’ Undermines Its Heart with Wikipedia-Level Research”
This might’ve been a movie about a sandwich, but it’s about a man. But that man also eats that sandwich, too, so win-win. Continue reading
“Hidden Gems: ‘Arizona Dream’ Destroys An Out-Dated American Concept With Ecstatic Joy & Humor”
In my second Hidden Gems piece, I talk about…another Faye Dunaway movie. Not complaining, just stating the facts. Continue reading
“‘Summerland’ Is Far from a Vacation”
I was surprised to learn that this is in fact not a movie based on the Everclear song of the same name, but instead another entry in Gemma Arterton’s period movie resume. Continue reading
A Constant Visual Feast 