Two Drink Minimum: ‘BoJack Horseman’ Season 3 Recaps (Part 2 of 4)
“This may be the midpoint of the season, but it already feels like these cycles of self-delusion are about to crash.”
Of Love and Other Demons: ‘Suicide Club’ (Sion Sono, 2001)
A Weekly Column on Love and Erotica in Cinema by Justine A. Smith
Why Criticism: Jean Epstein and Photogénie
A Column on Film Criticism by Justine A. Smith
Of Love and Other Demons: ‘Cold Fish’ (Sion Sono, 2010)
A Weekly Column on Love and Erotica in Cinema by Justine A. Smith
Why Criticism: James Agee – From Critic to Filmmaker
A Column on Film Criticism by Justine A. Smith
Of Love and Other Demons: ‘Why Don’t You Play in Hell?’ (Sion Sono, 2013)
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Two Drink Minimum: Jake Szymanski’s ‘Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates’
“It’s not a dumb movie pretending to be smart, it’s a dumb movie worried about (yet still embracing) its own base stupidity.”
Of Love and Other Demons: ‘Top of the Lake’ (Jane Campion & Garth Davis, 2013)
A Weekly Column on Love and Erotica in Cinema by Justine A. Smith
Why Criticism: James Agee’s Voice
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More Than Shadows #2: On the Noir Legacy of Ida Lupino
“Ida Lupino may have thought of herself as a poor man’s Don Siegel as a director and Bette Davis as an actress, but I think that’s far from true.”
Two Drink Minimum: Bo Burnham’s ‘Make Happy’ (Netflix)
“When the red, white and blue lights go off, one can begin to understand that Burnham hasn’t put together a comedy special, but a deconstructive stage play of epic proportions.”
Vague Visages on Agnès Varda’s 88th: ‘Vagabond’
“People often fear or misrepresent what they don’t understand.”
Vague Visages on Agnès Varda’s 88th: ‘The Gleaners & I’
“Varda’s sense of play, fun, silliness and humor comes from a collected bricolage of incident, travel and people.”
Vague Visages on Agnès Varda’s 88th: ‘Le Bonheur’
“Happiness for someone, then, is only achievable at the expense of someone else’s full experience?”
Why Criticism: Writing Prompts and Fiction
A Column on Film Criticism by Justine A. Smith
Of Love and Other Demons: ‘Black Girl’ (Ousmane Sembène, 1966)
A Weekly Column on Love and Erotica in Cinema by Justine A. Smith
True Detective ‘Black Maps and Motel Rooms’ (A Vague Visages Staff Precap)
A Conversation Between Vague Visages’ Q.V. Hough, Dylan Moses Griffin and Max Bledstein
Blue Balls in Your Heart: True Detective ‘Church in Ruins’ (A Vague Visages Staff Precap)
A Conversation Between Vague Visages’ Q.V. Hough, Dylan Moses Griffin and Max Bledstein
Criticwire Survey: My First ‘Inappropriate’ Movie
Criticwire Survey: My First ‘Inappropriate’ Movie
A Conversation with Jake Macapagal of ‘Metro Manila’
The perks of being a Netflix junkie: sometimes you get what you ask for.
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