Everyone Should Strive to Be a Better Film Critic
Should you learn the history of the industry or focus on your skills as a writer? When it comes to film criticism, the answer to both is yes.
Tag: Opinions
What My Experience With Cancer Helped Me Understand About ‘Annihilation’
A deeply personal story about the relentlessness of mutating cells and what Alex Garland's Annihilation gets right about cancer.
‘Midnight in Paris’ and the Allure of Hate Watching
Why keep watching the movies we hate?
The Key to Understanding David Lynch is Being Okay With Not Understanding David Lynch
The case for being confused and loving it.
The Inanity of Technobabble
An exploration of highly technical, usually nonsensical sci-fi jargon.
What Will a ‘Sopranos’ Prequel Accomplish?
Will a 'Sopranos' movie be able to square itself with America's racist past as well as it's own?
Ghosts, Gaslighting, and Haunted Heroines: The Horror of “You’re Imagining Things”
Because the only thing worse than being plagued by ghosts is being told that the ghosts are all in your head.
Hollywood Should Put an End to the December Contender Crunch
Releasing movies in the waning hours of the year might be a losing proposition for Oscar contenders.
There’s No Place for Black Girls in ‘Riverdale’
There's still a lot to love about Riverdale, but its problem with people of color can no longer be disregarded.
The Goofball’s Guide to Surviving a Whodunit
5 farcical ensemble whodunits that take the piss out of Murder On the Orient Express.
