The Quiet Horror Of ‘Dunkirk’: Christopher Nolan’s War Epic Will Wreck You
Dunkirk is the final act of a horror film… but as a full-length movie.
Eight Reasons to Love Spider-Man: Homecoming
It feels like a surprise that Spider-Man: Homecoming is as good as it is.
Discomfort and Privilege in Jordan Peele’s Get Out
If you’re looking for a spoiler-free review, Get Out now.
Raw (2016)
The horrors of university: sex, drugs and eating other people.
New Blood in a Deteriorating Body: Logan
At this point, a superheo film eschewing setting up spinoffs and post-credit scenes in favour of robust character development feels almost revolutionary.
Boys Don’t Cry: The Masculine Melodrama Of ‘Manchester By The Sea’
Manchester by the Sea’s protagonist represents the distillation of uncommunicative masculinity as well as its deleterious effects.
Portman and Larraín Interrogate the Myth of ‘Camelot’ in Jackie
Good or bad, biopics are a form of public relations: a way of reinforcing, challenging or establishing the public perception of their subject. Jackie is a biopic about how those PR decisions are made.
The World of Us: Intimacy and Betrayal in Prepubescent Friendship
The World of Us is a film of childhood friendship, and therefore it’s a film about rituals of social exclusion.
Behemoth (2015)
Behemoth’s immensity gives way to wounded specificity, in an elegy aching with pain.
Nocturnal Animals Peels Back Layers of Fiction and Reality
It’s safe to say that Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals was one of my most anticipated films of 2016. It did not disappoint.
ccpopculture 