Tenet, or: Look out! Some Things Go Backwards!
Be careful–or you might go backwards too! NOOOOOO!
Author Archives: Supreme Being
Zappa, Alex Winter’s Peek into the Vault and the Man
Wherein it is written, on whatever it is they write it on in the web-o-sphere, that one could do worse than to watch the newest Zappa documentary.
In Which the Original Star Wars, via Project 4K77, is Reconsidered
I have seen the future, and it is the past.
I’m Thinking of Thinking about I’m Thinking of Ending Things
And I may even have succeeded in doing so. Or possibly not. Or, on the other hand, I am on fire. Strange times.
Long Live Ian Holm, The Greatest Napoleon in History, and I Include the Real One in That Assessment
Another great steps backstage.
Movies in The Time of Coronavirus, Part I
In which with a certain morose ennui we muse upon what, lately, has been watched
RIP Stuart Gordon, Max von Sydow, and the Film Industry
Seems like a good time to talk about death.
The Burnt Orange Heresy: Book vs. Movie
In which Charles Willeford’s steamy Floridian art-noir is moved to Italy. Hm.
RIP Monty Python’s Terry Jones
Another Python goes.
The 26 Best Movies of the 2010s, AKA the Twenty-Teens, AKA that Last Decade We Just Muddled Through
A list! A list! Hooray, a list!
A Surprising Victory for the Dark Side in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
An unlikely ending reveals the evil genius of the Sith.
63 Up, or: Still Above Ground (Mostly)
Time continues to get wider in Michael Apted’s lifelong documentary project.
Knives Out, or: A Donut Missing Its Hole
Plenty of amusement, minus much mystery.
To Joker or Not to Joker?
A movie in search of a point.