Best Films of 2020: Part II
Beronica Garcia Da 5 Bloods (Dir. Spike Lee) Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods comes at a pivotal time for the…
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Best Films of 2020: Part I
Neil Fox Rizi (Days) (Dir. by Tsai Ming-liang) I saw Rizi in the heady days of the Berlinale in February (insert nostalgic…
Bonnie Lee and the Leather Jacket Flying Men in Only Angels Have Wings
They are men who are staring down death as they are flying dangerous missions over treacherous mountain terrain, come rain,…
Screengem: The spittoon in Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959)
Old pals John Wayne (as Sheriff John T. Chance) and Ward Bond (as Pat Wheeler, soon to be murdered, shot…
Deceit is in the Details: Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity
“The living room was still stuffy from last night’s cigars. The windows were closed and the sunshine coming in through…
A family with a dinner table: Hirokazu Kore-Eda’s Still Walking
Hirokazu Kore-Eda’s Still Walking (Aruitemi aruitemo, 2008) starts with two women preparing a meal, the older woman giving advice to…
The Future of Class Consciousness in Valerian and The City of a Thousand Planets
Imagine a giant city floating in space, built not by one species, but a thousand; not as part of a…
Ruggedly Masculine – Rod Taylor in The Birds
When Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) first meets Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) in the bird shop in San Francisco, his look…
Parting Shots: Uncut Gems and Where to Find Them
In a podcast almost as heady and packed as their latest film Uncut Gems (2019) and cheekily titled “Seduce and Destroy,”…
