The Character Who Isn’t There In The Man Who Wasn’t There
Can a character absent from his own life carry a movie?
Category Archives: Active Observation
Colossal: Half A Good Movie, Half A Head-Scratcher
In which we take a look at Nacho Vigalondo’s latest, and lament about half of it.
The Fate of the Furious Remains Unwritten
They are—these characters and these films—an incantation designed to bring about the age of stupid.
Free Fire Is A Blast
It’s the My Dinner With Andre of movie gunfights.
On THX 1138 And George Lucas’s Obsession With Erasing His Past
Next up: Lucas adds his famous, unfilmed Ron Howard alien abduction scene into American Graffiti. All original negatives will be burned.
Sharpen Your Claws: It’s Logan
If you like Logan, it’s because Wolverine finally gets to kill a lot of people.
The Evil Within & Son of Blob: On One and Done Directors
Disasters or unique works of outsider art? Your guess is as good as mine.
The Best & Worst Films of 2016
Movies are assholes.
Princess From The Moon: The ‘87 Japanese Sci-Fi Fairy Tale You’ve Been Dreaming Of
A strange and dreamy trip into a science fiction past.
Brief Thoughts on Three Well-Received Films
Some things to say about Manchester By the Sea, American Honey, and Hidden Figures.
You’re Gonna Get In To Get Out
The horror that is white people.
The Birth of a Nation Is All Politics
The Birth of a Nation is the sort of film one — politically — feels he or she should support but which, well, one doesn’t due to its unignorable flaws. In that way, it is a lot like Nate Parker himself.
It’s Soviet Cinema Time! – The Cranes Are Flying & Letter Never Sent
In which we note the breathtaking cinematography of Sergey Urusevsky in two damn fine films.
John Wick Chapter 2: More Bullets, More Faces
John Wick returns to ask if, at long last, you would please be so kind as to hold on to these bullets with your face.