One of the “best films of 2019” is now actually opening in theaters, so really it’s one of the best films of 2020, but really it’s a great movie in any year and you should see it. Continue reading
Tagged with 2019 Films …
“Florence Pugh’s Year of Performing Perfectly”
Three movies, three Florence Pugh roles, three stellar Pugh-formances, one piece to recap all of them for you and also find the ways that they intersect. Continue reading
Andy’s Best Things, 2019 Edition
The best movies, the best albums, the best horror, and the best catty side-swipes at whatever’s annoying me at the time of this writing. Happy New Year! Continue reading
“‘Clemency’ Examines the Toll State-Sanctioned Murder Takes on Both Sides of the Bars”
Abolish the death penalty. Continue reading
“‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ Falls Under the Weight Of Its Own Franchising”
Good morning everyone! Let’s get popular on the Internet. Continue reading
“‘Bombshell’ Is An Oversanitized Mess — And A Missed Opportunity”
There are only so many ways that I, personally, can imagine screwing this movie up, and Jay Roach screws it up in all those ways plus others. Continue reading
“Baumbach’s Marriage Story Mines Both Truth And Excess”
“It’s tough being the one guy with an unflattering take on the movie everyone loves,” said the one guy with an unflattering take on the movie everyone loves, finding the strength to move on against all odds. Continue reading
“Little Joe Could Use Pruning, But Chills Anyway”
Warning: Lots of gardening and botany puns ahead. Continue reading
“The Best* Horror Film Of 2019 Is Secretly About Toxic Masculinity”
Or IS he? He isn’t. But he IS! Or is he? Buokay, okay, fine, I’ll stop, because whether Daniel is real or not (he is), this movie is very, very real. 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
“‘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
“Corporations Triumph Over Cars in Ford v Ferrari”
Vroom vroom zoom zoom beep beep screech crash bang boom man emotions vroooooom manly slap fight zip zip zap 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
“In Charlie’s Angels the Cast Is Having More Fun than You Will”
This is a movie, but also the epitome of a blockbusting year spent making overdetermined, obnoxious , totally disingenuous proclamations of feminine heroism. Continue reading
“In Synonyms, the Search for Identity Does Not Lead to the Same Destination as the Search for Happiness”
Quick, find a word that means something similar to “this is a real gosh darn good movie.” 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
“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
Review: Greener Grass, 2019, dir. Jocelyn DeBoer & Dawn Luebbe
And you thought my obsession with “Lemon” was a sign of twisted character! 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
A Constant Visual Feast 