Nothing like a challenge to make me wake up in the morning, even a challenge that I’m poorly equipped to tackle! Continue reading
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“Best of Criterion’s New Releases, November 2019”
In November’s Criterion round-up: There’s a cold war being fought, Betty Blue and Eve make the voyage all about themselves. Continue reading
“The 10 Best Gifts for the Homebrewer in Your Life”
“Okay, Teddy, let’s not evaluate rashly here, all right? It’s a misunderstanding. We’re not saying pilsners are boring. We’re saying that we are too boring to appreciate them properly, is what I’m going with.” Continue reading
“‘Knives Out’ Knows Only One Truth: The Rich Have No Loyalty”
Turkey’s out, will’s out, knives out. Continue reading
“Trey Edward Shults on Making ‘Waves'”
In which Trey and Andy go for the turkey and talk about Trey’s third movie. Never let it be said that critics don’t have their favorites. Continue reading
“Peanut Butter and Honey: Shia LaBeouf’s Tonic for Toxic Masculinity”
My editor came up with a really good title for this piece, and I’m very mad I didn’t figure it out for myself first. At least the piece itself isn’t too bad! Continue reading
“The 5 Best Beer Bars in Nashville, TN”
Oh, come on, you didn’t think I’d go to a bunch of breweries and not ALSO go to a bunch of bars, too? You don’t know me at all, do you. Continue reading
“The 5 Best Breweries in Nashville, TN”
It’s called Music City, but as a secondary honorific, Good Beer City is accurate. It just doesn’t roll off the tongue quite as nicely. Continue reading
“The 100 Best Movies Of The 2010s”
100 movies. How many have you seen? None? A few? Enough? Because let me tell you, that’s a whole lot of movies. Continue reading
“Camgirl Memoirist Isa Mazzei Wants to Take the Shame Out of Sex Work”
Andy dips his toes into the world of sex work, and also books, the former a subject of new, genuine interest, the latter a constant struggle in time management, which is kinda funny because…Andy is a writer. Continue reading
“What Imelda Marcos Can Teach Us About The Fake News Generation”
A movie that proves there is no justice in this world when all the wealth is in the hands of the unjust, so thank heavens for mass food poisoning. Continue reading
“The Best Horror Movies of the 2010s”
The decade ain’t over ’til the ball drops, but eh, close enough in Internet years; let’s all get the pants scared off our persons. Continue reading
“Best of Criterion’s New Releases, October 2019”
All I want is to talk about Godzilla, but I’ll have to just settle for talking about Josef von Sternberg instead, even though his movies do not have radioactive thunder lizards in them. Continue reading
“Robert Eggers Is Ready to Do Worse Than The Lighthouse”
Note: “Worse” as in “worse for the people who make movies with him,” because “The Lighthouse” owns very, very hard. 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
“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
“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
“What ‘Ad Astra’ Reveals About Brad Pitt’s Relationship With His Dad”
Ah, yes, “Ad Astra,” also known as “Brad’s Sad Dad Astra.” I thought this movie would be a Bad Astra. But it’s a Rad Astra! And I’m so Glad Astra. Continue reading
