Opinion
“Too Terrible” Teen Wolf
Well, it’s just one of those things, you know. A little eBay browsing and then there you are ordering a movie you loved as a kid and you’re so sure it’s going to be great […]
Month: November 2015
Movies
Taking a BLIND CHANCE with Krzysztof Kieślowski
Recently I jokingly tweeted: “I always have trouble watching Krzysztof Kieślowski’s films b/c I’m so busy admiring their beauty that I forget to pay attention to the plot.” Of course, that wasn’t entirely a joke. […]
Movies
Till Human Voices Wake Us and We Drown: The Naturalization of Death in IT FOLLOWS
Horror films are saturated with death. Their symbolism covers consumer capitalism, teenage sexuality, and pervading globalization. Death forms the endgame for these common genre fears, yet few films actually position death as the dominant fear. […]
Movies
Sidney Lumet’s FAIL SAFE Is Anything But
The true terror behind Sidney Lumet’s Fail Safe (1964) isn’t that things went wrong, it’s that they went right. True, a mechanical error sent the signal for American flight crews to drop nuclear bombs on […]
Movies
Smooth Criminal: The Savage Charm of RICHARD III (1995)
It’s about 10 minutes into Richard Loncraine’s Richard III (1995) before we hear any kind of substantive spoken words. And it’s only then – after a telegram, a tank busting into an ostensible bunker, and the […]