The Royal Tenenbaums: Me and Wes Down by the School Yard
How Wes Anderson’s bittersweet family dramedy helped me break rules, love cinema, & change my life. Every month, we at The Spool select a filmmaker to explore in greater depth — their themes, their deeper concerns, how their works chart the history of cinema and the filmmaker’s own biography. For Thanksgiving, we’re going off the beaten ... The Royal Tenenbaums: Me and Wes Down by the School Yard
How “Fearless” Made Me Grateful for My Stupid Little Life
Peter Weir’s mostly forgotten drama about survivor’s guilt is an uncynical light in the darkness of mental illness. Every month, we at The Spool select a filmmaker to explore in greater depth — their themes, their deeper concerns, how their works chart the history of cinema and the filmmaker’s own biography. For Thanksgiving, we’re going off ... How “Fearless” Made Me Grateful for My Stupid Little Life
Box Office Report: “Terminator: Dark Fate” Doesn’t Break the T3 Curse
There is no fate but what we make, and Dark Fate‘s middling box office returns paint a grim future for the franchise. They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while hoping for a different result. If so, then maybe the people at Skydance and Paramount Pictures should ... Box Office Report: “Terminator: Dark Fate” Doesn’t Break the T3 Curse