Directed by Herbert Ross Ren (Kevin Bacon) likes to dance, which is enough to fuel conflict in a small town that bans such a thing. Coming from big city Chicago, Ren is mystified by Bomont's puritanical tradition, put in place by Reverend Shaw (John Lithgow). Shaw’s coming from a place of genuine concern. The town … Continue reading Footloose (1984)
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Taste of Cherry (1997)
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami A man drives around Tehran looking for someone, not just anyone but still no single person in particular. The camera remains static inside the car as people pass by outside, occasionally poking their head in to see if he’s looking for day labor. He’s not. The man, Mr. Badii (Homayoun Ershadi), … Continue reading Taste of Cherry (1997)
Passengers (2016)
Directed by Morten Tyldum There's a home run spike going on in baseball these days, which has been a bit unexpected because of the offensive drought that spanned most of a decade as the league cleaned out most or all of the performance enhancing drug users that defined the early 00's. Whereas you once had … Continue reading Passengers (2016)
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
Directed by John Hughes When someone plays hookie from work, what they might have in mind is Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Ferris (Matthew Borderick) is a high school senior whom the adults would say is a slacker but who commands the respect of "the sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all … Continue reading Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
Affliction (1997)
Directed by Paul Schrader There are a lot of murder mystery movies out there in which the investigation offers unspoken redemption for the troubled protagonist, whether it's a cop, a private detective or just a motivated relative of the deceased. These characters might be alcoholics, they're probably divorced, and their lives have crumbled to the … Continue reading Affliction (1997)
Life (2017)
Directed by Daniel Espinosa You've seen this movie before, even if you haven't seen it. Life is a hybrid between two movies, Alien (1979) and Gravity (2013). There are similarities to other recent space station in crisis movies as well, like Alien: Covenant and The Cloverfield Paradox. When we meet the six person crew sent to intercept a probe sent to … Continue reading Life (2017)
Rich Hill (2014)
Directed by Andrew Droz Palermo, Tracy Droz Tragos Rich Hill is a tiny town in Missouri, with a population barely over a thousand people. Rich Hill the documentary chronicles a short amount of time in the lives of three young boys and the people who surround them. Living in poverty, they are all pushing against certain … Continue reading Rich Hill (2014)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Directed by David Lynch In The Elephant Man Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins) is a surgeon who rehabilitates a deformed young man named John Merrick (John Hurt). Treves is fascinated with Merrick in the way any scientist of the human body would be. In contrast to the man who runs Merrick's life as part of a freak … Continue reading The Elephant Man (1980)
Sorry to Bother You (2018)
Directed by Boots Riley Sorry to Bother You satirizes our own world by constructing one of its own, not unlike those of Terry Gilliam's movies, most notably Brazil. There is a lot going on here, from the commentary on race (adopting white traits to get ahead in the world) to the commentary on Silicon Valley CEOs … Continue reading Sorry to Bother You (2018)
Eighth Grade (2018)
Directed by Bo Burnham I walked out of Eighth Grade feeling a buzz only coming of age stories can offer. In Kayla's (Elsie Fisher) journey we see something of ourselves. The film is a blend of universal truths and the hyper-specific world of today's teenagers. It seems that older movies used to capture a generation by … Continue reading Eighth Grade (2018)
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