“Midnight Special has an emotional core compelling enough to draw in massive crowds of cinemagoers, a sci-fi grandeur showy enough to pull in the Marvel/DC crowd (is there a still a DC crowd?), and a visual acuity worthy of the interest of even the most hardened cinephiles.”
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“Like the films it contains, Hail, Caesar! mystifies its audience via otherworldly charm and magnificent grandeur — it is not a love letter to anything, it is a hymnal to the divine spirit of film.”
A Weekly Column on Love and Erotica in Cinema by Justine A. Smith
“Faith is an admirable quality in the age of secular reasoning. How can a person believe in something that is not there? Only with their whole hearts.”
“For a legendary director known more for gangsters, hookers, and tough guys, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore stands as a remarkable chapter in the Scorsese canon.”
Leading up to the release of Hail, Caesar!, Vague Visages explores the work of Joel and Ethan Coen.
Leading up to the release of Hail, Caesar!, Vague Visages explores the work of Joel and Ethan Coen.
Leading up to the release of Hail, Caesar!, Vague Visages explores the work of Joel and Ethan Coen.
A Weekly Column on Love and Erotica in Cinema by Justine A. Smith
Leading up to the release of Hail, Caesar!, Vague Visages explores the work of Joel and Ethan Coen.
Leading up to the release of Hail, Caesar!, Vague Visages explores the work of Joel and Ethan Coen.
Leading up to the release of Hail, Caesar!, Vague Visages explores the work of Joel and Ethan Coen.
A Weekly Column on Love and Erotica in Cinema by Justine A. Smith
“We dream, we fantasize, and we are haunted by that we cannot change. We are desperate to reinvent ourselves, and we always think some other place will be better.”
“It’s not even February, but it feels safe calling Pre Vis Action the best action film of 2016.”
“Both films deal with maternal sexuality: The Boy punishes it and rebukes mothers for caring about anything other than their children, and The Babadook acknowledges it as difficult to balance with childcare, but an inescapable part of motherhood nonetheless.”
“Don’t call it a comeback, call it a Reeves-urrection.”
A Weekly Column on Love and Erotica in Cinema by Justine A. Smith
Chilean writer Jaime Grijalba ranks the 2015 theatrical releases of his country.