First Date, Kinda Nervous: ‘Queen & Slim’

No matter how many bad Tinder dates you’ve been on, you’ve never been on one that went as awry as Queen and Slim’s. Queen & Slim begins in the midst of an awkward first date between the title characters. (They’re never referred to as Queen or Slim during the film. Their actual names are referencedContinue reading “First Date, Kinda Nervous: ‘Queen & Slim’”

Gone Girls: Ranking David Fincher’s Films From Least To Most Feminist

The secret is out. If you don’t know the main twist in Gone Girl by now, then I feel sorry for you, because you will undoubtedly be spoiled any minute now, given the level of buzz the film has received. (And definitely by me, if you keep reading.)

In Too Deep: Girls Gone Wild In ‘Lovelace’ & ‘Spring Breakers’

Ah, porn. The redheaded stepchild of cinema proper. Hollywood has a fascination with the stuff, even if not a whole lot of movies explore the industry in depth. The most famous is, of course, Boogie Nights, the gold standard to which all films about the adult entertainment industry will now be held up. The latestContinue reading “In Too Deep: Girls Gone Wild In ‘Lovelace’ & ‘Spring Breakers’”