Essays
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‘Ant-Man’ Returns the Heart to the Marvel Cinematic Universe
12 Days into our MCU rewatch, and Phase Two comes to a close with the necessary tonal shift of Ant-Man.
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Why I’m Not Buying What ‘Westworld’ is Selling
It gets the math right, but this isn’t an algebra class.
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What ‘Paddington’ Gets Right About Adoption
A deep exploration of one of the most brilliant things about the ‘Paddington’ franchise.
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The Art of the Unconventional Adaptation
Films like ‘Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters’ and ‘Adaptation’ prove that sometimes an unconventional journey from page to screen is the most interesting one.
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Stop Calling Steven Soderbergh An Innovator and Learn to Love His Work
An argument for spending less time concerned with Steven Soderbergh’s innovation and more time appreciating the fact that he’s a damn good filmmaker.
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Should More Religious Films Openly Challenge Religious Beliefs?
The first trailer for ‘Come Sunday’ promises a film about, but not exclusively for, religion. Shouldn’t that become the norm?
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The Fantasy and Feminism of Lara Croft
The legendary video game heroine might have originated as a male fantasy, but she’s also a bona fide action hero.
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Who Asked For This? A Brief History of Hollywood’s Forgotten Sequels
‘Sherlock Gnomes’ isn’t the first, and it won’t be the last.
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‘The Snake Pit’ 70 Years Later: Cinema’s Relationship To Mental Institutions
The Olivia de Havilland classic was an indictment of how patients were treated in mental institutions and it inspired changes in real hospital policies.
