Strange Days (1995)
I oscillated back and forth between my horrified reaction and my fascination with that reaction, which left me feeling profoundly dissociated from the film.
Akira (1988)
I’d heard so much about how influential Akira is; what I wasn’t expecting was to see how seamlessly Akira folds its own influences into its story without ripping off the originals or cheapening itself in the process.
First Man into Space (1959)
Icarus by way of 1950s propaganda.
Sputnik (2020)
I understand why Sputnik is held up to Ridley Scott’s Alien, but I think the comparison does Sputnik a deep disservice.
Avatar (2009)
Sometimes, you need something relatively brainless on a Friday night, and then that brainless thing makes you think a lot about ecofeminism and colonialism.
Alien (1979)
It felt good to sit in a sold-out theater and watch one of my all time favorite movies on the big screen…And then someone decided to catcall Ripley during the final scene in the shuttle.
Avengers: Endgame
Watching the characters bounce off each other in interesting ways reminded me of my biggest beef with the Marvel movies.
VICE
VICE is calculated to make people angry.