In Which I Return To The Return of The Living Dead
Send more paramedics.
Author Archives: Supreme Being
True Grit Vs. True Grit Vs. True Grit
An unusual case study of two movies based on the same book, each trying to be faithful in its own way.
2015: The Year In Movies In Haiku
For both the poetically minded and the short attention spanned among you.
Anomalisa Underwhelms
Stop-motion puppets bring Charlie Kaufman’s latest story of misery to depressing life.
Marnie, In Which Hitchcock Rapes His Audience
Late period Hitchcock is not for the weak of heart.
I See Movies, 2015 Edition
In which I list every movie I watched during 2015, because who doesn’t love a good list?
The Hateful Eight, Tarantino’s 70mm Western, Is A Real Movie
Neither cartoon nor meta-commentary on itself, The Hateful Eight is something crazier still: a good movie.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, In Which The Empire Has A Great Idea—A Death Star! What Could Go Wrong?
I know, but hear me out–it’s a REALLY BIG Death Star, right? It’s just so, so, so BIG this time. You see? No way it blows up again. I promise.
Valerie And Her Week of Wonders: Vampiric Czech Surrealism
Plunge into an eastern European rabbit-hole, don’t forget your enchanted pearl, and watch out for chickens, priests, and polecats.
Alamo Drafthouse Re-Opens The New Mission Theater
At long last, the Alamo Drafthouse arrives in San Francisco to show us some movies.
Amy, In Which The Life and Death of Amy Winehouse Will Depress The Fuck Out of You
A sad, sad story of an artist eaten alive.
Hitchcock/Truffaut, In Which A Book Is Brought To Life
A cinematic ode to a movie director’s ode to a movie director.
Creed, or: Old Man Rocky Passes The Baton
Rocky’s past comes back to be trained. Boxing ensues.
Gilliamesque, In Which Terry Gilliam Insists He’s Not Dead
Gilliam writes a memoir from beyond the grave. The grave which he is not in. Because he’s still alive. Or so he would have us believe.