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Tag: culture
Perfect Directors: Spike Lee
Listen: I am not black. In fact, I am one of the most lily-white people on the planet. Nor do … More
Radical 90’s: Introduction
As America pivoted from the 1980’s to the 1990’s, the culture as a whole seemed to undergo a seismic shift: … More
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
Totally 80’s: Blockbusters!
As stated in the introduction to this series, if 1980’s Hollywood perfected anything, it was marketing: demographic research, adherence to … More
Cult Classics: Meet The Hollowheads
How do you even begin to describe a movie like Meet The Hollowheads? Is it a satire or sci-fi? Comedy … More
Cult Classics: Introduction
Often left of center and coming out of left field, for a movie to be regarded as a cult … More
Perfect Directors: Wes Anderson
Cozy worlds. That’s what Wes Anderson builds in his films: cozy worlds where everything is in its right place, every … More
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
Perfect Directors: Introduction
In our short lives, if we’re looking in the right places and have the want for such a search, we … More
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
Perfect Movies: American Psycho
“You like Huey Lewis & The News?” I sure do, and Patrick Bateman makes a great argument for the strengths … More