After a chaste period that had the internet wondering why cinema had lost its libido altogether, big-screen nookie has made a comeback. FromPoor Things’orgy of ‘furious jumping’ toPassages’complex, elicit ménage à trois, toAll of Us Strangers’ tender gay romance andFemme’s much less ...
This is because none of these principles actually relate to the main premise of MAGA. Its true guiding theme is not a value or principle at all, but the dark spirit of male sexual frustration. From the beginning, MAGA has invoked sex as a central rhetorical focus. Donald Trump launched ...
The best horror film of the 2020s so far, “I Saw the TV Glow” is so captivating particularly because it refuses to make the horror of its central premise universal. Sure, many horror fans can relate to the out-of-body experience and endless quest for escapism that the two teen protago...
But the way they collectively dominated the 2023 box office and the cultural discussion is a strong reminder that regardless of tone or topic, a great story, told passionately, stands out. Cinephiles can be drawn to just about any movie in any genre, if it’s well crafted and engaging, ...
In committing to that idea until the bitter end, “Seven Beauties” was able to prevent the Holocaust from becoming just another genre. More than 40 years later, it still retains that same power. —DERent or buy on Amazon. 8. “Meshes of the Afternoon” (Maya Deren, 1943) “Meshes of...
(Michael Biehn), who explains to a surviving Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) that her son will save the world from a nuclear holocaust caused by self-aware computers. Y’know, light stuff. The war waged between man and machine includes drones capable of firing weapons at soldiers. In the ...
the lead up to the Holocaust in Germany and the caste system in India. She attempts to tie the lives of some of the most persecuted people in history together through the idea that there is an imposed social hierarchy throughout the world, kept intact by violence, called the caste system....
Everyone can relate to the agonizing idea of the inevitable move from childhood to adulthood. While Woody, Buzz, and the crew fight to keep a space on their owner’s shelf, Andy is in the process of letting go in the most heart-warming (yet heart-breaking) way possible....
Woman in Gold is a based-on-a-true-story film about an 80-year-old Austrian-American woman who tries to get back her family's valuable paintings that were stolen by the Nazis during the holocaust. The story follows 2-tracks. One in 1938 when the Nazis persecute and kill the woman's ...
Past Livesnever quite has its feet on the ground. It deploys moments of relatable awkwardness—stuttering hellos, clumsy goodbyes—to assure us that this quirky love triangle is the real deal. But I hope we’re too clever for that. These moments aren’t difficult to execute, as any TV co...