& Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies July 17, 2020 “8mm” is still up to snuff in delivering shock and repulsion Joel Schumacher's sleazy, sweaty neo-noir of porn and pain remains a bizarre artifact for the director's filmography, and it hasn't lost its bite.
& Categories Columns Movies P.S.H. I Love You July 6, 2020 “The Talented Mr. Ripley” benefits from Hoffman’s skill It's good, but Anthony Minghella's 1999 adaptation really comes alive when Philip Seymour Hoffman's scumbag enters the picture.
T Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies January 18, 2020 The Hip-Hop Bushido Code of “Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai” Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai sees Jim Jarmusch integrating hip-hop atmosphere with samurai genre trappings to create a dorm-room favorite.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies December 8, 2019 “American Beauty” as the Ultimate Boomer Opus Sam Mendes' Best Picture winner is a flawed but evocative time capsule of '90s middle-age anxiety.
H Categories Hall of Faces Podcasts TV October 31, 2019 Hall of Faces: Who’s the Greatest Character on “The West Wing”? From Jed Bartlet to CJ Cregg to Losh Lyman, we elect one of Aaron Sorkin's quick-witted White House wonks from The West Wing to our Hall of Faces.
& Categories Movies October 15, 2019 “Fight Club”, “Fleabag” and The Battle Against Toxicity A look back at the movie that inadvertently launched a toxic movement & the TV series that better understood postmodern pain.
H Categories Hall of Faces Podcasts TV August 26, 2019 Hall of Faces: Who’s the Greatest Character on “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”? Twenty years after the show's finale, we sit down to determine which of Deep Space Nine's deep bench of great characters earns our favor.
& Categories Movies August 6, 2019 “The Sixth Sense” & the Weight of Childhood Trauma Haley Joel Osment's gripping performance elevated M. Night Shyamalan's second feature to a horror masterpiece.
H Categories Hall of Faces Podcasts TV July 30, 2019 Hall of Faces: Who’s the Greatest Character on “SpongeBob SquarePants”? Our monthly TV podcast returns to find Bikini Bottom's favored son for the twentieth anniversary of Nick's seminal kid's show.
H Categories Features Movies July 24, 2019 How Frank Ocean’s “nostalgia: ULTRA” Shines New Light on “Eyes Wide Shut” Stanley Kubrick's mercurial erotic drama gets some much-needed context thanks to one of Frank Ocean's most infamous mixtapes.
