In a post-Walk Hard world, rock biopics have been exposed (and somewhat broadly understood) as a largely formulaic and disposable genre, and “the rock doc” can often feel just as artless. Out of this relative black hole in the cinematic universe comes Moonage Daydream, the rare movie about a musician that feels less like a rote recitation of facts and more like a sensory experience that the musician would have likely wanted his audience to have. Distributed by HBO, Brett…
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Tenet 2020
When I saw Tenet for a second time, in December from the comfort of my home, it brought me back to the darkest period of my life. From 2014 to 2015, my sophomore year of high school, I was suffering from body image issues, general depression, and heavily struggling in a geometry class. I had privately resigned myself to the fact that if I were to actually fail this class, which seemed like a true possibility, I was going to…
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They Live 1988
Since its release thirty years ago, John Carpenter’s They Live has proved irresistible to all points on the political alignment chart. They Live has lived many lives; even if you’re never worn the glasses, chances are you’ve seen the “OBEY” slogan adorned on the body of a hypebeast thanks to Shepard Fairey’s streetwear brand, or maybe you’ve seen the film’s most iconic moments reworked as memes. Though its iconography may have been appropriated by the alt-right, They Live remains one…
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The Irishman 2019
The Irishman opens on simplicity. An old man talking to the camera. A group of husbands and wives embarking on a road trip together. A truck driver making deliveries to a meat factory. It is mundane and meditative, cutting between these time periods seemingly at random, purposefully removing the contexts from each space. As with every epic set across decades and ages, The Irishman reveals the secrets of its character and its meaning as the years progress and unravel in…