The Grand Budapest Hotel film is like a moving, breathing surrealist painting, forcing the audience to draw a conclusion of their own making. And it does so by crafting a visual aesthetic that I found to be one of the most enthralling spectacles I’ve ever seen…
Read MoreUp in the Air capitalizes on George Clooney’s reputation, using his charm as a mask, a distraction from the despicable nature of his character. In the film, Clooney plays Ryan Bingham, a corporate downsizing expert whose job is to fly around the country firing people…
Read MoreI get the impression from watching ’80s films that the decade is not from a different time period but a completely different dimension. Take Sixteen Candles: boys nonchalantly talking about date rape, photographing passed out women, locking geeks in trunks, blatant racism against Asians, and underage drinking and driving…
Read MoreThe best way to describe No Country for Old Men is that it’s an allegory for evil and human reactions to it. Chigurh represents a form of evil that is nonnegotiable and permanent, but puts forward a pretense of chaos and chance…
Read MoreFor the majority of the picture, Waltz’s portrayal of a manic narcissist obsessed with fame steals the spotlight, and reduces Margaret to a shadow in her own biopic…
Read MoreQuiz Show relishes in every opportunity to make the audience feel uncomfortable about living complacent lives, and despairs in the politicization of public media. All the characters are consumed with appeasing to a society that glorifies celebrities and groups people into “winners” and “losers”…
Read MoreMoonrise Kingdom depicts life through a child’s eyes: messy, convoluted, distracting, cruel and yet wistful, charming, sophisticated, spontaneous…
Read MoreBobby Fischer’s life is the game. From the moment he is born, Fischer’s life is this life-sized chess match he has no control over. He is a pawn in Cold War politics, sacrificed in the name of larger goals…
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