The Breakfast Club
Richard Vernon: You think about this: when you get old, these kids – when I…
Retrospectives
RESERVOIR DOGS: The Power of its Homoerotic Subtext 20 Years Later
Author’s note: the content of this editorial contains numerous “spoilers”. “Gay subtext always makes every…
Back To The Future
As the quintessential buzz-cut bully, Biff Hannen, Thomas F. Wilson’s utterance of “Think, McFly! Think!”…
À Bout de Souffle (Breathless)
“After all, I’m a jerk,” says the heedless Michel Poiccard (Jean-Paul Belmondo). The film, regarded…
Tales From The Future
In 1972, while studying film at University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts, Robert…
Clueless: “Whatever!” Edition
The film works through its necessary conflicts, between Mel and Cher, between Cher and Tai Fraiser (Brittany Murphy, in one of her most underrated, clever performances), and so on… but intelligently, not malevolently. I credit this partly to Jane Austen, as the film is based loosely on Emma. I also credit this to Amy Heckerling, who demonstrates a keen understanding, much like Tina Fey (head writer of “Saturday Night Live” and screenwriter of “Mean Girls”), of…
Closer (2004)
“Closer” is one of the most brilliantly-written films I’ve seen in a long time. It’s a film where the characters’ lives revolve around using sex to hurt each other, but (aside from a rather humorous “conversation”…
Kôkaku kidôtai 2: Inosensu (2004)
Mamoru Oshii has transcended the boundary of strict narrative. The conventional westerner will pay attention to the laborious, and at times detached, dialogue that is typical of sci-fi and noir. One might hear a line about dog food, and mistakenly think the…