PinnedPublished inCounter Arts‘Phantom Thread’ & Misunderstanding Autism for PersonalityReynolds Woodcock is cinema’s most authentic autistic characterApr 8A response icon10Apr 8A response icon10
PinnedPublished inCounter ArtsThree Films by Sean Baker: An Assessment…and a macro observation about the ‘Anora’ director’s career, from independent vérité to studio neorealism to Best PictureMar 23Mar 23
PinnedPublished inCounter ArtsTwo by Ozu: ‘The Only Son’ & ‘There Was a Father’A pair of early Ozu masterpieces about single parents navigating post-war Japan and expectations for their childMar 21A response icon1Mar 21A response icon1
Published inCinemaniaTwo by Bresson: ‘Lancelot of the Lake’ & ‘A Gentle Woman’These late-career films are masterful meta comments on social temperament and predilectionsFeb 20Feb 20
Published inCinemaniaFilm Essay: Robert Bresson’s ‘The Devil, Probably’When you think your 80-year-old grandpa is gonna tell you to cut your hair, but it turns out he’s og anti-establishment.Feb 11Feb 11
Published inCinemania‘Mouchette’ & ‘The Old Man and the Sea’Bresson and Hemingway and the power of “objectivity” in artFeb 7A response icon1Feb 7A response icon1
‘Hereditary’ vs. ‘The Exorcist’Ari Aster knows things. In Hereditary, he wields our preconceptions like grenades.Jun 14, 2018A response icon1Jun 14, 2018A response icon1
Before There Was Shohei OhtaniThe (Fake) Career Biography of Major League Baseball’s (Fictional) Savior and Eternal KingNov 25, 2016Nov 25, 2016
