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Great TV: Mystery Science Theater 3000

Although this is primarily a movie site, television is also written about here, mostly because the lines between TV and … More

analysis, Comedy Central, Crow T Robot, culture, Joel Hodgson, Mike Nelson, MST3K, Mystery Science Theater 3000, postmodernism, Sci Fi Channel, television, the 90s, Tom Servo

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

America, Black America, culture, directors, Do the Right Thing, film, Malcolm X, Perfect Directors, Spike Lee

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

90s, commentary, culture, movies, TV shows

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

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

1980's films, action heroes, Blockbuster films, culture, film, nostalgia, stereotypes

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

comedy, cult classic, cult film, culture, film, Meet the Hollowheads, review, sci-fi, weird

Cult Classics: Introduction

  Often left of center and coming out of left field, for a movie to be regarded as a cult … More

Better off Dead, cult classic, cult film, culture, Eating Raoul, Fantastic Planet, film, Liquid Sky, Meet the Hollowheads, True Stories

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

analysis, Bottle Rocket, culture, essay, Fantastic Mr. Fox, film, Moonrise Kingdom, Perfect Directors, Rushmore, The Darjeeling Limited, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Royal Tenenbaums, Wes Anderson

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 Directors: Introduction

In our short lives, if we’re looking in the right places and have the want for such a search, we … More

culture, directors, film, Jacques Tati, orson welles, P.T. Anderson, Perfect Directors, Robert Altman, The Coen Brothers, Wes Anderson

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: American Psycho

“You like Huey Lewis & The News?” I sure do, and Patrick Bateman makes a great argument for the strengths … More

2000, American Psycho, analysis, Christian Bale, culture, film, Harron, Patrick Bateman, Perfect Movies, review

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