After a release botched by the pandemic that put it on hold for over a year, The French Dispatch has at last arrived at every theater worldwide. The film introduces us to a number of episodic stories recounted by an American journal staff located in a fictional French town. For better or worse, it’s the […]
Denis Villeneuve’s long awaited sci-fi epic has finally arrived to every theater and television worldwide. Opening to rave reviews and over performing at the box office, to say that it’s been a big success would be an understatement. Right now, there’s simply no bigger movie than Dune. Equal parts a Homeric adventure, environmental thesis and […]
Remember the year 2019? Drake’s song, “Kiki, Do You Love Me,” although released a year prior, was still a bop. The entire planet Earth became enamored with Earth’s mightiest heroes through the blockbuster hit “Avengers: Endgame.” It was an innocent world without the coronavirus, without endless amounts of masks and social isolation. In the last […]
There’s a great shot during the first act of Quentin Tarantino’s latest film, Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood, which sees Brad Pitt’s now iconic stuntman character Cliff Booth arrive home to his modest trailer. In front of it, bursting with light and excitement, is the Van Nuys Drive-In Theatre, proudly declaring it’s double bill […]
Montage Theory, the staple of college Cinema Studies classes, holds that the juxtaposition of images via editing can make meaning beyond what can be represented visually. Described by Soviet filmmakers in the 1920s, who sought to apply their new country’s philosophy (dialecticism) to this exciting new art form of cinema, montage theory has since found […]
Food is one of the most versatile things on the planet. It’s one of the rare examples of something that people literally need to consume in order to continue living, but whose opinions and feelings towards can vary wildly. Depending on who you are asking, food can be a treat or reward. A chore or […]