As humans, we are bad at confronting the parts of ourselves that we don’t like – especially if those parts are particularly ugly. To cope, we do one of two things. Number one: we tell ourselves stories that make us feel better about who we are and what we’ve done. Number two: when we can’t seem to trick ourselves, we resort to complete denial and silence.
The End is painstakingly aware of our tendencies, and wants to show us what…
David Cronenberg understands more deeply than any other director the absurdity of living with a physical body in an artificial world. And the artifice of our world is increasing – we are a long way from the staticky TV sets and VHS tapes of Videodrome (1983). Cronenberg, to his credit, has kept up with the times, which have provided him no shortage of issues to explore.
In his latest, The Shrouds, Cronenberg takes on grief. Karsh (Vincent Kassel) has lost…
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This is a classic three stars and a like, for me. There are parts of this that are muddled or that I didn't like when I put my critic's hat on, but mostly I just was able to sit back and have fun with it as a viewer - which is sorta the vibe. It's consistently funny, and the casting and performances are pitch-perfect. Definitely worth a watch.
Nickel Boys is unlike any other novel adaptation. Despite following the plot and spirit of the book it’s based on — Colson Whitehead’s beloved novel and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, The Nickel Boys — rather closely, director RaMell Ross‘ adaptation just does not feel like it was made from a book.
The biggest risk Nickel Boys takes is telling its story almost entirely through first-person point-of-view shots, placing you in the feet of its characters. But even beyond that,…
