Hell or High Water is shaping up to become one of the most notable modern examples of the revisioned western. To mark its release I’m going to be talking about a subgenre of one of the most celebrated traditions of American…
Movie Review: Train to Busan
South Korea’s Train to Busan exhibits some of the best tendencies of big-budgeted apocalyptic spectacles. Always operating on gut feeling the film never really functions logically, but that’s never really been a problem for movies like this. Train to Busan…
Movie Review: Jason Bourne
The best piece of characterization in Jason Bourne happens in the opening scene of the film inside an illegal underground boxing circuit where his talents are maximized for profit. The look on his face says it all, he can hurt…
A Scanner Darkly: 10 Year Anniversary
In the author’s note of Philip K. Dick’s A Scanner Darkly the author states, “drug misuse is not a disease, it is a decision, like the decision to step out in front of a moving car.” The book is among…
Movie Review: The Innocents
The Innocents, set in the cold and snowy Polish landscapes, is the story of a young French doctor (Lou de Laâge) bound to secrecy when she decides to help a convent of nuns in the late stages of pregnancy. The…
Futurama: Looking Ahead to Humanity
Welcome to our newest bi-weekly column, Prime Time, where different writers pick some of their favorite past shows and talk about what made them standout from the crowd. To read past installments, go here. Futurama begins with a simple premise:…
10 Surprising Emmy Snubs
Every year the Emmys celebrate the best television has to offer, but that’s not always the case as some of the best are excluded every year. While there are few genuine surprises this year, The Americans finally being recognized after three seasons of…
