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Category: American culture

10 Best Movies That Criticize Consumerism

Consumerism is the natural by-product of capitalism. Really, it’s the natural by-product of being alive: we all need things to … More

capitalism, capitalism in film, consumerism, consumerism in film

Perfect Directors: Robert Altman

I am an American. That is to say, I was born in, and have spent my entire life, in the … More

3 Women, analysis, Brewster McCloud, California Split, commentary, director, director Robert Altman, essay, film, Gosford Park, MASH, Nashville, O.C. and Stiggs, Perfect Directors, Popeye, Robert Altman, Short Cuts, The Long Goodbye, The Player

Great TV: The Addams Family

Let’s play a word association game. If I used the words creepy, kooky, mysterious, spooky, and ooky, my guess is … More

1964, cult classic, Great TV, halloween, John Astin, Original Series, The Addams Family

The Unstoppable Horror of the 21st Century

For readers of this site, I have written extensively on the horror genre. While mostly in a humorous manner, live-recapping … More

21st century, 9/11, classic horror, essay, Hereditary, history of horror films, horror films, It Follows, Midsommar

Perfect Movies: Back to the Future

Is this yet another Gen Y/early “Millenial” (ugh) article about the movies people of my age watched as children back … More

1980s, 1985, American culture, Back to the Future, BttF, comedy, Doc Brown, film theory, Gen Y, Marty McFly, nostalgia, Oregon Train Generation, Perfect Movies, Robert Zemeckis, sci-fi, Steven Spielberg

Perfect Movies: Saving Private Ryan

Many films have been made glorifying war: from Sands of Iwo Jima to American Sniper, American films in particular like … More

1998, America, Captain Miller, culture, film, Memorial Day, perfect movie, Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks

Perfect Directors: Coen Brothers

Crime. Thriller. Drama. Comedy. Western. All are well-worn genres in film but it’s rare to have them fit into the … More

A Serious Man, America, American history, analysis, Barton Fink, essay, Fargo, Miller's Crossing, No Country For Old Men, Perfect Directors, philosophy, postmodernism, Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski, The Coen Brothers, The Hudsucker Proxy, The Man Who Wasn't There

Perfect Directors: P.T. Anderson

Magical realism is a deceptively simple stylistic label that has often left artists floundering in their attempt to somehow create … More

American Film, Boogie Nights, Contemporary, culture, film, Inherent Vice, Magnolia, P.T. Anderson, Perfect Directors, Punch-Drunk Love, The Master

Perfect Movies: Monkey Business

There may be no more perfect comedy configuration on film than the Marx Brothers. I have had some dark days in … More

1931, comedy, culture, film, Marx Brothers, Monkey Business, Perfect Movies

Perfect Movies: Blade Runner

Do androids dream of electric sheep? This question–the title of Philip K. Dick’s novel that serves as the basis for … More

1982, analysis, Blade Runner, culture, film, Harrison Ford, Perfect Movies, science fiction

Perfect Movies: The Big Lebowski

The Dude abides. But how? With the Gulf War raging in the background and as the slings and arrows of … More

criticism, culture, film, Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Perfect Movies, The Big Lebowski

Perfect Movies: The Breakfast Club

It is a truth universally acknowledged that being a teenager sucks. Not objectively, of course: as an increasingly cantankerous adult, … More

1985, 80s films, analysis, detention, Perfect Movies, teenagers, The Breakfast Club

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