TIFF ’24 ‘Anora’ Review
December 9, 2024
“Ani is hustling until she’s suddenly seemingly swept up by Vanya in all earnestness, with little signal as to why or how.”
TIFF ’24 ‘Bird’ Review
December 7, 2024
“Bird is a reminder that to daydream out in the fields isn’t frivolous.”
‘Fatal Attraction’ Review
August 31, 2024
“For [Alex] to succeed in attaining Dan means systems like marriage, big houses, and the presumed “natural” progression in the narrative we have been offered over and over of a “proper” life, all become worthless.”
‘Indecent Proposal’ Review
August 30, 2024
“Indecent Proposal is clearly not a movie about sex work. If anything, it’s a movie about how we are all able to be bought.”
The Good Life’s On the Inside: Interior Sexuality in Slums of Beverly Hills
August 29, 2024
“In Slums, Vivian’s pleasure is ultimately an interior matter.”
“Which Do You Want? Real or Phony?”: On Jane B. Par Agnès V.
August 28, 2024
“Helen of Troy might’ve had a face that launched a thousand ships, but Jane [Birkin] had a face that inspired the most expensive and sought-after designer handbag in the world.”
‘Magic Mike XXL’ Review
August 27, 2024
“In Magic Mike XXL, we are offered a glimpse of utopia.”
‘May December’ Review
August 26, 2024
“The film’s sting is dulled by the choice to center the narrative around Elizabeth’s morbid fascination with Gracie.”
Crash Into Me: An Ode to James Spader
August 23, 2024
“Before anyone accuses me of being “Standard Model Daddy Issues Film Twitter Poisoned Girl #4,” I will remind you that this was 2004 James Spader.”
The Bikeriders: Edge of Desire
August 22, 2024
“The film itself is handsomely made and earns its stripes with very fine craft and production value, but Nichols just misses the mark of saying anything quite so interesting.”