First published in The New England Magazine in 1892, “The Yellow Wall-Paper” has been a beloved addition to American literature and important entry in feminist prose. In 1899, Charlotte Perkins Gilman included in her collection titled The Yellow Wall-Paper. I first read the story in the 90s, as a student at Eastern Washington University,...
I have a counterpoint to make, one that will dispute some online movie reviewers I like, who, without exception, enjoy Nosferatu. I didn’t enjoy it, but that said, I don’t why not. I mean, by all criteria that we judge movies—the directing, the acting, the atmosphere, etc—it was a good movie, maybe even excellent....
When I went to Avengers: Endgame last weekend, I had planned on my typical thousand or so words review, but having seen the movie, I decided instead to write a shorter review. What can I say about Endgame that isn’t being said a thousand times elsewhere? And the movie had so many unexpected events...
Like with any art form, film is very versatile. Over the hundred plus years of filmmaking, directors had experimented with style, substance, moods, plots, and characters. They had joined movements. They had struggled to create movies that stand out, that break away from the typical, that are more about exploring themes and fulfilling artistic...
As I mentioned before, I suffered a heart attack at the end of March. That and other concerns had played havoc with my normal routine. As a result, I didn’t watch as many movies this month as I normally do. In fact, most of the movies on this list are movies I saw in...
At the beginning of Captain Marvel, as the logo ran–I hear Jeremy at Cinema Sins groaning and watching the second hand–the MCU did something cool. I won’t tell you what it was, because I believe realizing it as it happened was part of the experience. But I wanted to mention it and let you...
I try to watch a movie a day. Try is the keyword there, because I can’t always take the time. I have grocery shopping sometimes. But on other days, I sometimes watch two or even three movies. Over the course of a year, it balances out that I see about three hundred movies. Though...
Greta is a tense thriller starring Isabelle Huppert and Chloë Grace Moretz. It felt good to see a thriller where both the protagonist and the antagonist were female. Not since Single White Female (1992) do I remember such a line-up, and for that reason, Greta reminds me of the earlier movie. It also enjoys...
When I heard that filmmakers were remaking 1977’s Suspiria, I suffered two conflicting reactions. Hell no! I thought. Don’t touch this cult favorite! Don’t ruin it with your Hollywood sensibilities. But at the same time, I thought: It’ll be interesting to see what they do. To call a film a cult favorite is to...
When I left the theater after seeing On the Basis of Sex, my first thought was, “That sets the bar high.” After Escape Room, it was the second movie I saw in 2019, but it wouldn’t surprise me if, come the end of 2019, I consider it the best movie of the year. Nor...
