Is ‘Mother!’ Actually Worth The Pain?
mother! is not fucking around. This is a film that well and truly earns its exclamation mark.
It Is Terrifying, But Not Just Because Of The Clown
There’s never going to be a version of It as terrifying as the novel I read when I was 12. But the new adaptation does well to channel the unnerving spirit of King’s novel.
‘Logan Lucky’ Is A Slick Heist Film, But Does It Have Anything More To Say?
Steven Soderbergh is back, baby!
Hating Anne Hathaway: How ‘Colossal’ Has Ignited Debate About Powerful Women
A film about powerful women and our fear of them. Also, gigantic city-destroying monsters.
‘Kong: Skull Island’ Has A Powerful Roar But Nothing To Say
Kong: Skull Island isn’t interested in saying anything more substantive than, “Whoa, did you see that!?”
‘T2’ Isn’t Just A Great Sequel, It Might Change How You Think Of ‘Trainspotting’
T2: Trainspotting succeeds because it plays like a darker, sadder, tireder, older version of the original film.
‘Silence’ Review: Martin Scorsese Is Messing With Us, But Is It Worth The Pain?
Silence subtly subverts the insidious narrative of meaningful misery that’s so ubiquitous in Western (and Christian) culture.
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.
Click Bait, Self Critique and Making a Murderer
Over at Junkee I’ve written about Making a Murderer, examining how the series manipulates viewers and how, ultimately, those manipulations are in service of a good cause – reinforcing the presumption of innocence. Generally, this is where I’d conclude a repost here on ccpopculture; a quick gesture to the piece which should theoretically speak for…
How ‘Please Like Me’ Embraced The Sadness Of The Sitcom And Became The Best Show On TV
Over at Junkee, I explained how Please Like Me has established itself as the best television show of 2015 by exploiting the inherent sadness of sitcom stasis. Read the piece here.
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