Culture Warrior

Last week I wrote about the history of the auteur theory and its strengths and weaknesses when applied to actual film practice. Regardless of the…

Last month as I sat down to watch Scorsese’s Shutter Island with the rest of the Austin-based Reject crew, Lost Club’s David Gunn and I…

Since our resident genius Landon Palmer is out on the town this week at South By Southwest, I am foolishly filling in to talk about…

For an industry that is viewed reductively by much of middle America as being politically left-leaning to the point of being out-of-touch with the rest…

“The Uncertainty Principle: It proves we can’t ever really know what’s going on.” As illustrated by this scene in the Coens’ latest Best Picture nominee A…

Editor’s Note: This article may contain hints, tips and clues about the ending of Shutter Island. We don’t think they’re spoilers, but we know that…

Try as I might, I can’t quite get over the fact that The Hurt Locker only made $12.6 million in its theatrical run. I’ve never…

Editor’s Note: The following article features possible spoilers on Dear John, 2012, Amelia, and The Lovely Bones. You’ve been warned. I typically save the boiling points…

It’s easy to suspend disbelief with a costume drama. To watch films about European aristocrats of previous centuries gussied up in elegant dresses, suits, and…