Finding solace in constancy - times of turbulent change and ever-shifting paradigms of social expectations can be a source of intense stress - and the desire fo...
In many ways, a friendship is more difficult to navigate or justify than a romantic relationship. Romance is a singular event, confined to a single person at a ...
As Hollywood continues its march towards a movie release schedule chockfull of super heroes and explosions and other large-scale, special effects-driven extrava...
When it comes to films specifically marketed to children, popular culture seems to have decided that, for the purposes for artistic merit, there shall be Pixar ...
Part of the joy of the first Pitch Perfect was how unexpected it was. Every moment of heightened reality, every non sequitur, every cartoonish facet of each per...
At a certain point it becomes impossible to see a great artist as a person. Rarely do we think about Van Gogh as a toddler. Try to conceptualize Martin Scorsese...
Movies about dirty cops being dirty are nothing new. We have been telling stories about bad cops for as long as there have been stories about cops. Similarly, s...
God, I hate this. Listing my 10 favorite films of any year turns into a kind of swirling existential nightmare faster than returning to my old high-school tow...
The trend towards the narrative of the victim in cinema has hit critical mass lately, with all manner of films delving into stories of people who are abused and...
