“As in many Studio Ghibli films before it, the male director is speaking directly to his male audience, pleading with them to treat the women in their lives with the respect and equality they deserve.”
“As long as those around BoJack grow more and more distant, so will his second chances.”
“‘Modern Times’ is emblematic of a ‘Hollywood realism,’ with a rather immaculate industrial setting, strategically tattered clothing and deliberately designed destitution.”
“Relying heavily on the sheer talent of its leading performers, and the loud boisterousness of the music that defined an era, Alex Cox’s ode to punk is pure Anarchy in the UK.”
A Weekly Column on Love and Erotica in Cinema by Justine A. Smith
“Almost as if something out of a Japanese elementary school history class, Miyazaki’s last Studio Ghibli film leaves me with a great sense of numbness rather than the invigorating wonder I have come to expect from the master of anime.”
Two Drink Minimum is a Comedy-Based Column by Jacob Oller.
A Weekly Column on Love and Erotica in Cinema by Justine A. Smith
“Despite being under the ‘Two Drink Minimum’ banner, make no mistake: ‘BoJack Horseman’ is not a comedy.”
“Where Indignation deviates a little from its otherwise classical trappings is in its structure.”
“So, what is it about these two figureheads of cult film that makes them so iconically and definitively camp?”
A Weekly Column on Love and Erotica in Cinema by Justine A. Smith
“With ‘Le amiche,’ Antonioni further bridges the gap between comparatively conservative melodrama and the groundbreaking narrative and visual abstraction he would soon unleash.”
“Sing along with a corpse and come out the other side appreciating the bus ride home.”
A Weekly Column on Love and Erotica in Cinema by Justine A. Smith
“With ‘A Married Woman,’ Godard appears fully devoted to topical bullet points through an essayistic structure, forgoing conventional narrative, character development or expedient pacing.”
“After viewing ‘A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night’ for the first time, I wondered, ‘Doesn’t a woman have to be at least a little bit monstrous to survive?'”
A Column on Film Criticism by Justine A. Smith
“Like a lot of reality television, ‘Christian Mingle’ is funny for hateful reasoning that displays damaging, scary facets of our culture.”
“‘In a Lonely Place’ finds Nicholas Ray still the relative newcomer to the Hollywood studio scene, yet he is already displaying subversive evidence of instilling in his work representative preoccupations.”