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The Last Word – All Aboard the Ship of Fools!
Horrific events force us to channel the resulting anger into a visible, tangible object, one that visibly articulates our rage and anger by its existence,…
13 Assassins – Death Is Worth Living For
When I heard that Takeshi Miike had a new movie out, I took the news with the same mix of anticipation and dread I would…
No Impact Man – Contradictions, Class Struggles and the Paradox of “Going Green”
Admittedly, when No Impact Man: The Documentary first popped up on Netflix, my first instinct was to watch it with the sole purpose of tearing…
Hard Candy – Coffee, Croissant and Castration: Quite the Monday Morning
Over the weekend, Hard Candy was cast into the “Not bad, but probably not going to watch this film again” pile, not so much because…
Taxi Driver – Beautifully Disjointed and Chaotic
Admittedly, there’s little to be said about Taxi Driver that hasn’t been noted already. Scorsese’s 1976 look at slightly off-kilter cabbie Travis Bickle (Robert De…
Confession of a Superhero – I’d Be Green Lantern to Make My Love of Rings More Socially Acceptable
Working for many years as a waiter and bartend in high-end Manhattan restaurants, I found myself wearing standard-issue ties by designers who turned on customers…
12 Angry Men – Timelessness … Not Always a Positive
A few years ago, I sat on a jury that was charged with deciding the innocence or guilt of an eighteen-year-old Dominican male who had…
Catfish – Where Can I Find a Second Chance App on Facebook?
The main quandary surrounding the 2010 documentary Catfish is whether it is real or staged, but this is one of those documentaries for which the…
Buried — There’s Enough Filler Here to Suffocate Anyone
Of all the ways to seek revenge, immurement’s a good way to go, and this notion isn’t a new one. In Ancient Rome, a vestal…