Landon Palmer

Culture Warrior: Kubrick’s ‘2001’ vs. Tarkovsky’s ‘Solaris’

By Landon Palmer 

With the weekend’s release of the much-celebrated sci-fi indie Moon, Culture Warrior compares and contrasts two classic films of the genre made by two essential filmmakers.

Culture Warrior: ‘Up’ and Pixar’s Cinema of Attractions

By Landon Palmer 

Now that everyone and their talking dog has seen Up, it’s time to look at its context within film history and in the legacy of Pixar.

Culture Warrior: Change, Stasis, and Predictability in Hollywood

By Landon Palmer 

This week, Culture Warrior gets personal as he covers why Hollywood and its characters always seem to be the same but different.

Culture Warrior: The Book Was Better…

By Landon Palmer 

With this weekend’s release of Angels & Demons, Culture Warrior looks at what types of books make good movies and why.

Culture Warrior: ‘Star Trek’ and the Franchise Relaunch

By Landon Palmer 

This week Culture Warrior asks, just how ‘new’ is the new Star Trek, anyway?

Culture Warrior: The ‘Limits’ of Directorial Self-Indulgence

By Landon Palmer 

Landon takes a look at Jim Jarmusch’s new film and other meaningless movies that are meaningless.

Culture Warrior: ‘Obsessed’ and the Canon of the Awesomely Bad

By Landon Palmer 

Bad films give audiences a rare type of power, and when films fall flat on their face, the result can be spectacular.

Culture Warrior: 80s on Film

By Landon Palmer 

This week, Landon asks why some recent movies have treated the Reagan era so damn seriously.

Culture Warrior: The Cinematic Endurance Test

By Landon Palmer 

This week, Landon looks at Hunger and asks why we watch movies that are hard to watch.