I'm going to assume that Todd Haynes had a debilitating stroke a few years ago, and as part of his physical therapy he was told to direct a film immediately in order to keep the grey matter moving and his reflexes in tune. That is the only explanation I can come up with to explain how the person who made Safe, Velvet Goldmine and Carol could have made this rote, campy melodrama with one of the worst supporting performances (Bill…

The director of this film looks exactly like a kid from my high school who stole my prom date. I was all set to go to prom with this girl and then this kid swooped in and took her away from me. I don't know why he did it, except maybe he did it because he could. The girl called me and told me that she didn't want to go to prom with anymore and I remember screaming into the…

You think you know what the dark is. Especially when you're young and you grow up somewhere that's so goddamned bright. You make a fetish of the dark. It feels like a safe place to be. And then you ask others to come inside, join you, deeper into the dark. You tell them not to worry, because you know your way around, right? You know where you're going, but you don't, which is what you figure out much too late.…