A metaphor about dog shit on your lawn turns into one of the most raw and beautiful debuts of the year. Imagine that. Continue reading
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“‘Ratched’: Ryan Murphy’s ‘Cuckoo’s Nest’ Prequel Offers A Garish, Unnecessary Origin Story”
I didn’t loathe the last Ryan Murphy show of 2020, but does that mean I liked it? Or that it’s any good? Continue reading
“‘Lingua Franca’ Finds Common Ground”
I might’ve under-valued this one, so you should all see it for yourselves and let me know. Continue reading
“‘Da 5 Bloods” Breadth Is Absolutely Necessary”
5 bloods, plus all of the other blood shed by those first 5 bloods. Blood on blood on blood. Continue reading
“‘The Last Days of American Crime’ Is A Terrible Movie Released At The Worst Possible Time “
If you ever find a Netflix movie you’ve never heard of while scrolling for something to watch, my advice is this: There’s a reason you couldn’t find it. Continue reading
“‘I May Destroy You’: A Superb Twist On Millennial Slackerdom”
Tip for creators: I’m an easy lay for a really great, grabby title. Continue reading
“‘Hollywood’: All The Glitz & Glam Can’t Conceal Flimsy Storytelling”
Oh, Ryan Murphy, you historical revisionist rascal, you. Continue reading
“We’re Obsessed With Fighting Our Evil Doppelgängers”
Watch yourself watching yourself while you’re living with yourself in a hole in the ground and ah hell, I give up. Continue reading
“Time and the Female Gaze Combine to Wither the Soul in ‘The Irishman'”
There’s nothing more that Andy likes in this world than getting in the last word, except for Martin Scorsese movies. He likes those way more. But why not both! 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
Review: The Dead Don’t Die, 2019, dir. Jim Jarmusch
A movie about zombies by one of the coolest filmmakers out there, starring a ton of people I like, should be a slam dunk, but then…what if it isn’t? Continue reading
Films by Women: Five* Movies to Watch from April (2019)
In which we take a trip to the unicorn store before hiking up a rock to live the high life and also there’s a dead body. Continue reading
“Films by Women: Five Movies to Watch from February (2019)”
One of my favorite movies of 2019 goes right alongside a new Netflix original comedy straight from down under in February’s Women In Film Spotlight. In March. Continue reading
“How ‘Bird Box’ Tweaked the Book’s Ending”
You have questions about the ending of BIRD BOX. We have answers. (Actually, I have questions, and I have answers, plus residual anxiety that Netflix will green-light a totally unnecessary sequel to this thing.) Continue reading
“Films by Women: Five Movies to Watch in September”
Weird to see a “women’s film” spotlight focused on movies from September posted in October, but, uh, mea culpa and such as that. The dog ate my homework. I dunno. There’s not a great excuse for the delay; that being said, I’d still offer that documenting the movies on Septembers slate matters, because some of … Continue reading
“The Creator of ‘Dear White People’ on Season 2 and Why TV Shouldn’t Try to Fix Racism”
There are times, many in fact, when I sit back, look at what I’ve accomplished in my years coming up in the culture writing biz, and think to myself, “Yeah. That’s pretty good.” (Okay: “Many” is putting it strongly. I do not routinely bask in my own output. It happens only as often as Donald … Continue reading
“New Season Of ‘Jessica Jones’ Wants Us To Know That Superheroes Have Feelings Too”
Remember back in 2015, when I reviewed every single dang episode of the first season of Jessica Jones? A couple years later, here I am up at The ARTery, compromising by reviewing just the first five episodes of the series’ new season, which is available for streaming on Netflix now. Bad news: It’s not as good as the … Continue reading
Review: Mute, 2018, dir. Duncan Jones
King bummer: Mute, the new film from Duncan Jones, sort of kind of really, really, reeeeeally sucks. I’m a fan of Jones dating back to his debut, Moon, which, hey, good news – that movie is still super great. (Additionally, Source Code, his follow-up to Moon, remains solid, too, though a much lesser effort than Moon.) But the more movies Jones … Continue reading
Altered Carbon Review
It’s been a week since my last blog post, and I bet you’re all jonesing for another update. Good news! I have one. Bad news! I sort of wiggled my way out of dealing with a contentious subject in my review of Altered Carbon. Good news! I’m thinking up a long form piece about the subject … Continue reading
Films by Women: Five Movies to Watch in January
New year, new feature. For context, I wrote a very long piece about my experiences completing the #52FilmsByWomen pledge in 2017; that piece didn’t pan out, being both too lumbering, too unfocused, and too performative for its own good. But there’s a positive outcome here, being this, a monthly feature for Paste Magazine, highlighting four to five … Continue reading
A Constant Visual Feast 