Smartphones and Death
Earlier this month noted political blogger Andrew Sullivan had an essay in New York Magazine, where he talked about leaving the Internet and social media for his health. Sullivan talks about our recent change...
Category: movie
Feasting on “The [P]re-chewed Meat of Culture”: On Children, Relevance, and “Robinson Crusoe” in A Preview Screening of “The Wild Life”
Thanks to @lordbyron080808 for taking a look at a new film from his unique perspective! As a 48-year-old single, childless, movie critic sitting alone in a darkened theater at 10 o’clock on a Saturday morning,...
Black Like Me, Part II, Hollywood Strikes Back: The Problems of Nostalgia and Colonial Revisionism in “The Legend of Tarzan”
Thanks to @lordbyron080808 for taking a look at a new film from his unique perspective! Last month I reviewed the Matthew McConnaughey Civil War drama, “Free State of Jones,” and I tried to convince readers...
You Gotta Break A Few Eggs:” Woody Allen’s “Café Society
I’m extremely proud to present a look at the new Woody Allen movie “Cafe Society” from @lordbyron080808! Enjoy! “You Gotta Break A Few Eggs:” Woody Allen’s “Café Society” As Autobiography And A...
Black Like Me: Free State of Jones
Thanks to @lordbyron080808 for taking a look at a new film from his unique perspective! Black Like Me: Free State of Jones,” Eric Foner’s “Reconstruction,” and the Transformation of the Hollywood “White Savior” Complex Have...
The Neon Demon: Pretty But Vacant
It’s not often that you get a movie that is both “too much” and “not enough” at the same time. The new film from Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive) “The Neon Demon” is that. As...
The Lobster
The new film The Lobster opens next week. It’s a quirky love story in a dystopian world where coupledom is strictly enforced, and there are major consequences for not falling into a steady partnership....
Ken Burns Documentary on Jackie Robinson (on PBS)
In honor of Ken Burns Jackie Robinson documentary showing on PBS tonight and tomorrow night, we have some pictures of the SXSW panel “Race in America with Ken Burns and Henry Louis Gates” where they...
Today’s Column on More Diversity in People *Acting* in Tech Roles
If you missed it, you can read today’s Statesman column “Hanks: More women, minorities needed for tech roles on screen” here.
Change the Casting, Change the World
During the South by Southwest Film or Interactive Conferences in Austin, Texas there was a giant ferris wheel that appeared just south of the state capitol building. The ferris wheel that added a touch of boardwalk...
