The feeling seems to be that torture porn has peaked and is on the wane. Has it? Is it? Or are we looking at a healthy (i.e., spiritually rancid but financially formidable) genre that nowhere to go but up?
Thumbs Down on “Pearl”Some are under an impression that Ti West‘s Pearl (A24, currently playing), the X prequel, is some kind of unusual,...
More »
Emily’s JourneyIt only took me five weeks to finally watch John Patton Ford‘s Emily The Criminal, which is pretty close to...
More »
Once More With “Empire”Yesterday I tried to elaborate upon my positive Telluride reaction to Sam Mendes‘ Empire of Light (Searchlight, 12.9). Toward the...
More »
RT Cooking “Woman King” Scores?At what point can The Woman King, which cost $50M to produce and another significant chunk of change to sell,...
More »
Don McLean’s “The Day The Academy Died”An article by a veteran Academy member has appeared on The Ankler, and it says something that The Ankler‘s Richard...
More »
Nightmare at Village MarketLast night I ran into an old friend who’s no longer a friend because he’s more or less turned into...
More »