Finally! I have words for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, not in print, but spoken aloud by my mouth; if you know me you know that I do not like this film very much because it’s awful, and I have enough awful movies in my life without being gang pressed into admiring one I find repugnant … Continue reading
Talk about timely (especially after last month’s very delayed publication of this column)! My latest spotlight on films by women is available for stuffing into your eyeballs over at Paste Magazine, featuring the mixed-bag A Wrinkle in Time (decent, not great, but definitely an influencer); the very good Oh Lucy!, a Japanese dramedy starring Shinobu Terajima, featuring Josh … Continue reading
Better late than never, I guess, except when it comes to the Oscars. Short version, since I don’t have much to say about the ceremony (as I did not watch): None of the movies or performances I wanted to win actually won. I’m okay. None of that comes as a surprise to me. This is … Continue reading
As usual, as I do each year (each year, at least, since first creating this blog), and as you expect me to do, I have compiled my top ten list for 2017. Also as usual, that list includes five honorable mentions. Not at all as usual, I’ve generously expanded this annual enterprise to include two of … Continue reading
People will probably give me degrees of flak and guff and shit for criticizing Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri a) at all, and b) specifically in context with its perspectives on American race relations. Those people are wrong. This movie has as strong a grasp on racism in America as Ted Crockett has on America’s swearing in … Continue reading
I could do with a new Cartoon Saloon film every couple of years or so, ideally more often than that, but it’s animation, what are you gonna do; besides, the movies this studio knocks out are always worth the wait. Back in 2014, I reviewed Song of the Sea. This year, I reviewed The Breadwinner, a very … Continue reading
A Constant Visual Feast 