Author: Landon Palmer
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6 Reasons Why 2001 Was the Strangest, Ballsiest, Most Subversive Year for Film Comedies in Recent…
6 Reasons Why 2001 Was the Strangest, Ballsiest, Most Subversive Year for Film Comedies in Recent Memory When cinema history is written, what gets highlighted most…
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With Kino’s ‘Fear and Desire,’ You Can Finally Be a Kubrick Completist
Stanley Kubrick was a notorious perfectionist. And perfectionists, unfortunately, are rarely prolific. Kubrick’s career as a director spanned nearly fifty years, but in that span…
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6 Nominees Who Famously Criticized the Oscars
Criticizing the Academy Awards is becoming a tradition as solidified as the Awards ceremony itself. The ink spilled over anticipation of who will come out…
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‘Argo’ and the Importance of Cinematic Bullshit
Warning: This post contains spoilers about the ending of Argo. As George Carlin once said, America’s greatest export is the “manufacture, packaging, distribution, and marketing of…
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When Will Hollywood Come Out of the Closet?
Thursday is National Coming Out Day. While this annual recognition of LGBT civil awareness on the anniversary of the 1987 Lesbian and Gay Rights March…
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3 Criterion Films to Prep You for Tonight’s Presidential Debate
As America anticipates the first general election Presidential debate of 2012 tonight, it’s clear that there’s one thing on everyone’s mind: what does The Criterion…
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The Many Movies Inside ‘Looper’
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Looper. Several hours after seeing Rian Johnson’s Looper, I find the film still rattling in my head. Not because certain…
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Review: ‘Hello I Must Be Going’ Is a Touching, Sincere Take on a Place We’ve Already Been
On the surface, Todd Louiso’s Hello I Must Be Going feels apiece with a familiar American indie formula, as the film features at its narrative…
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How the First Two Phases of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Career Led Directly to ‘The Master’
In 2002, a shift occurred in the structure and thematic concerns that inform the style, characters, and narratives of Paul Thomas Anderson’s films. Anderson’s fourth…