Category: Arts & Entertainment
Llewyn Davis Adjacent
Inside Llewyn Davis and why it’s almost always a bad idea to write about movies. Copious unmarked spoilers.
A Country Boy Can Survive
on a multi-million dollar multimedia and merchandising agreement. A bit of faux-populism is more valuable than any number of duck calls.
Bilbo of the Nine Hours
The Desolation of Smaug is as overstuffed and self-indulgent as its title. But that’s kind of the point of the whole thing.
Wicked Cold
Frozen is ridiculously charming and makes me optimistic about a resurgence in Disney Feature Animation
Gorilla Filmmaking
On Escape from Tomorrow, how Disney works, and why more people seriously need to read David Foster Wallace already.
Ms. Representation
An objection to Strong Female Characters reveals how well-intentioned discussions of gender politics invariably become divisive and unproductive.
But How Does He Save?
Man of Steel isn’t an unqualified success, but get this, nerds: it’s still the second best movie about Superman.
Everybody’s a Critic
The documentary Room 237, the democratization of film criticism, and a belated eulogy for Roger Ebert