I have had to sit with Hereditary for a few days to figure out my thoughts about it. If I am being honest, I still don’t know how I feel about the film. There are aspects about it that I love, and then there are things about it that I loathe. It’s a hard …
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The Battle of Algiers
I’ve come to realize as I have gotten older that war really has no winners, and both sides are likely in the wrong in some way. Perhaps this is why, in cinema, we are slightly obsessed with World War II. It is one of the few wars where the line between good and evil seems …
The Tale
Jennifer Fox is a documentary filmmaker. One day, her mother discovered a short story she had written about a relationship she had with her riding coach and running coach when Jennifer was just 13 years old. In Jennifer’s mind this was a mature relationship, but viewed through her mother’s eyes and revisited anew as an …
City Lights
I have, until this point, never seen a Charlie Chaplin movie. I haven’t even seen the 1992 Robert Downey Jr. biopic Chaplin. I know that he is a legend, especially of the silent film era, and that his most popular character, the Little Tramp, is in a lot of his most popular films. Even still, …
Solo: A Star Wars Story
I grew up watching Star Wars (the original, A New Hope, Episode IV, whatever you want to call it) over and over again. I loved that movie so much. I am sure I watched Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi often as well, but it was the original that got the most play …
Ugetsu
I need to start this off with a confession. Old, black and white movies are hard for me sometimes. It’s not the kind of admission an aspiring film enthusiast should publish online, but there it is. I think it’s because most films of that era are staged with wide shots, have theater-like acting, and …
A Picture Worth 1,000 Words
There are several images or moments from my childhood that I can recall at a moments notice, to be brought up with a particular smell or when the lighting outside matches the lighting of the memory. Faces or moments kind of stick like images instead of video reels. I’m not sure if that is the …
