Sight & Sound, AFI, Cahiers du Cinéma, Empire, Time! Near universal acclaim! Is there no publication where it doesn’t make the top 10 or top 100 list? The answer is no and not without good reason either.
Guido Anselmi, a man who can live in his art but not his life must reconcile both—he can turn a perfect phrase or cast a perfect picture, but his life itself is far from perfect. He expounds so much beauty and meaning in his…
It’s come to my attention that in some circles online it’s fun make of Bradley as being a possible closeted homosexual, and it is actually, a little fun I mean. Although I don’t see why he just wouldn’t come out unless he thinks being straight works aesthetically for his image—this itself is gay to do however . I know one thing is certain and it’s that he’s gay for himself, his own self admiration coming to a fever pitch with…
I’ll harp on about adaptations this one time in my life but I thought one of the most compelling parts of the book was how this incredible thread was spun from a small string of oral stories into this grand tale of Big IndieSleaze and its consequences, which is crazy because I don’t really give too much a shit these days about the post-punk revival or the milieu surrounding it. The story as an interface for how these artist’s and…
