Dudley’s World: My Summer with ‘Seinfeld’
Dudley’s World is a Vague Visages column by Jordan Brooks.
NSFW Video: Justine A. Smith Interviews Gaspar Noé About ‘Love’
Festival du Nouveau Cinema 2015 (Interview by Justine A. Smith, Video by Francisco Peres)
Review: Cary Joji Fukunaga’s ‘Beasts of No Nation’
“As an empathetic machine, Beasts of No Nation tries too hard to convey the unimaginable, leaving in its place a sense of cold insouciance towards a system that is shown to be irreparably broken.”
It Really Tied the Plot Together: Fargo ‘Before the Law’ (Recap)
“Beyond being a neat stylistic trick and an effect that would make Abel Gance proud, the use of split-screens in the first two episodes of Fargo Season 2 has the helpful narrative role of directly uniting the show’s disparate narrative elements.”
London Film Festival 2015 Review: Karyn Kusama’s ‘The Invitation’
“Thanks to the skilled hand of director Kusama (Girlfight, Jennifer’s Body), The Invitation is a deeply uncomfortable but also eerily funny skewering of the hostility that can lurk under the veil of hospitality.”
Vaguebande: Life Is Beautiful – ‘Crimson Peak’ and the Image That Shook Me
A Column by Q.V. Hough (Vaguebande #2)
Recap: The Leftovers ‘Off Ramp’ (Who Wants a Hug?)
“On The Leftovers, returning to your old self isn’t as easy as going from Point A to Point B, it’s a constant struggle and effort.”
FNC 2015 Review: ‘Transfixed’ (Alon Kol, 2015)
“The film reveals the importance of communication in love, but perhaps even more, the importance of empathy and understanding.”
We Failed This Film: Jorma Taccone’s ‘MacGruber’
A Column by Dylan Moses Griffin
Dudley’s World: The Unpopular Opinion – Movies Should Be Longer
“At its best, film allows viewers to see the world through another person’s eyes, and to live for a fleeting moment in somewhere unexpected and beautiful, so wouldn’t it be wonderful if the purity of that moment could last a just little bit longer?”
FNC 2015 Review: ‘Blonde aux yeux bleus’ (Pascal Plante, 2015)
“Blonde aux yeux bleus never feels anything but natural and organic, and it is working in the service of great and contradictory emotions.”
Of Love and Other Demons: A Lesbian Vampire in ‘Daughters of Darkness’ (Harry Kümel, 1971)
A Weekly Column on Love and Erotica in Cinema by Justine A. Smith
VOD Review: Todd Strauss-Schulson’s ‘The Final Girls’
“A surprisingly funny and sharp-witted caricature of mass-produced horror, The Final Girls is the product of cult film iconography and our culture’s obsession with the ironically good.”
London Film Festival 2015 Review: Bao Nguyen’s ‘Live from New York!’
“The documentary suggests that the makers of Saturday Night Live, in all likelihood, probably don’t have contempt for their audience. It’s harder to say that’s the case for the team behind Live from New York!”
Capturing the Coens: Fargo ‘Waiting for Dutch’ (Recap)
“The little side comments throughout “Waiting for Dutch” keep the episode light on its feet, but never in a way which overwhelms the story or characters, making for a fantastic start to the season.”
Recap: The Leftovers ‘Axis Mundi’ and ‘A Matter of Geography’
“Damon Lindelof and company don’t need to give answers if they’re asking the right questions.”
His Blazing Automatics: The Unrelenting Horror of David Robert Mitchell’s ‘It Follows’
A Column by Dylan Moses Griffin
Of Love and Other Demons: ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ (Jim Sharman, 1975)
A Weekly Column on Love and Erotica in Cinema by Justine A. Smith
VOD Review: Bryan Carberry and J. Clay Tweel’s ‘Finders Keepers’
“Plunging into the depths of love, loss, addiction, family and life aspirations, Finders Keepers is far more than the story of a smoked left foot.”
London Film Festival 2015 Review: Hèctor Hernández Vicens’ ‘The Corpse of Anna Fritz’
“Where this slick and sick debut falters is in its leanings towards repetition, with the same arguments played out over and over, and even some of the same set-piece conceits seeing repeat play.”