“‘A Rainy Day In New York’: Timothée Chalamet Stumbles In The Worst Woody Allen Feature In Years”Timot

For Christmas, all I want is for movies to stop making Timothée Chalamet happen. Continue reading →

“The Roads Not Taken Is a Plea for Compassion”

There’s the Sally Potter we need, the Sally Potter we deserve, and, here, the Sally Potter we’re all very, very puzzled by. Continue reading →

Review: The Beguiled, 2017, dir. Sofia Coppola

It’s possible that I’m being too combative about all of the cultural inquiry made into Sofia Coppola’s new film, The Beguiled, in my review (written, as ever, for Paste Magazine). I’m not entirely sure. What I am sure of is that the structure of the conversation surrounding the film is symptomatic of the major ills afflicting … Continue reading →

Review: Super 8, 2011, dir. J.J. Abrams

J.J. Abrams is short of a single meticulously crafted script before he creates his masterpiece; he knows how to make an entertaining, fulfilling movie that resonates with his audiences, but each of his cinematic endeavors has been hamstrung by virtue of lacking a highly polished, impeccable piece of writing that elevates his work from “good” … Continue reading →