Blue Velvet perfectly encapsulates how impossibly hard it feels to reconcile the light and dark of the suburban American experience.
In this world, the dark corners of human abuse, trauma, and depravation seem to ooze out of the cracks of every wall until the disease finds itself inside us all…at this point it is not so much a matter of “if” but of “when” we come to this realization. And it is in this honest awakening and painful confrontation that we…
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Blue Velvet 1986
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Joker: Folie à Deux 2024
It’s not very contrarian of me, but in all honesty I agree with the general consensus. Great concept—bad execution—and overall, a display of creative hubris on Phillips’ part. Some very strong moments, including the courtroom scene with Puddles and the whimsical musical number where Lee and Fleck attempt to escape the asylum. Really great stuff! However, Gaga’s character is given so little room to exist within this world, and as an audience we are both cheated and deprived of any…
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BlacKkKlansman 2018
BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee’s newest film, does not fall far from his previous movies from a controversial standpoint. Although well known for Lee’s flare for loud, racial-packed, and intense films, BlacKkKlansman seems to not only top them all off, but divert from their style simultaneously. BlacKkKlansman is the story of Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer who effectively infiltrates a local Ku Klux Klan group, despite the obvious challenge of being black. Ron uses a telephone to communicate with the head…
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Sharp Objects 2018
“Motherless children have a hard time when their mother is gone” sings the Steve Miller Band in the phenomenal yet eerie soundtrack of Sharp Objects.
Whether it's the genius behind Gillian Flynn’s writing, the sultry directing of Jean-Marc Valleé, or even the otherworldly soundtrack featuring Led Zeppelin and the Steve Miller Band, Sharp Objects is without a doubt a masterpiece of the Mystery genre.
Sharp Objects follows the story of Camille Preaker (Amy Adams), an alcoholic and broken reporter for…
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