Confessions of a Conservative Atheist
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Perhaps if it had come out in 1970, it would have been a revelation, but I can’t stop myself from asking why Robert Eggers, a relatively young, supposedly talented director, chose to make this film, retreading more than a century old ground, mining rather than creating. Nosferatu isn’t a bad film. From a technical perspective,… Continue reading Nosferatu and how Hollywood has become miners instead of creators
There’s a lesson here for modern filmmakers, who seem positively obsessed with developing backstories, explanatory and obligatory rules, and more in the service of some kind of world building, as though every film must exist in some kind of broader universe with a meaningful beginning, middle, and end. The Wraith, starring Charlie Sheen and Sherilynn… Continue reading Charlie Sheen’s The Wraith and the simple genius of 1980s filmmaking
Rather than the fearless, master horseman who led charges, the film depicts a far more reserved and fearful man. Rather than the dynamic, workaholic it shows us a moribund, borderline depressive. Rather than anything resembling the whirlwind of actions and contradictions the real man must’ve been, we are left with only with a poor, bittersweet… Continue reading Only Hollywood could make Napoleon a boring, lovesick mope rather than one of the most dynamic and engaging personalities in world history
Roger Ebert asked, “It’s tempting to search here for themes and a style he would return to in his later masterpieces, but...Seeing it without his credit, would you guess it was by Kubrick?” On the surface, the answer is self-evidently no, but to a more critical eye, we can see the early signs of an… Continue reading The Killing and the early genius of Stanley Kubrick
AMC’s Interview with the Vampire and the “gay romcom” Bros substitute cheap shock value for real storytelling, reducing the homosexual community to demeaning caricatures in the service of what The New Yorker describes as a “radical vision of life outside of heteronormative strictures.” It’s exploitation plain and simple, call it “gaysploitation,” for the masses. We’ve… Continue reading Unpopular opinion: Hollywood’s exploitation of the gay community is demeaning, demented, and borderline disgusting
Confessions of a Conservative Atheist 