I wrote a new article for BW/DR all about Evil Dead II, a movie that gets written about all the time but I decided to challenge myself to analyze it from a different angle. Specifically, I wrote about how it feels like a parallel to Sam Raimi’s filmmaking journey from true indie to professional. Also the genius of Bruce Campbell’s perfect comedic timing. Here’s an excerpt:
What makes Evil Dead II so sublime is its arch sense of self-awareness. Where the…
Women will literally pay Colin Firth $5000 to psychologically assault them in a five star hotel instead of going to therapy.
Big props to Edith for suggesting this brilliantly perverted and cruel thriller! Jennifer Rubin plays an actress wannabe who signs up for acting lessons with a sadistic coach who teaches through psychological torture and ends up holding her hostage for three days. The mind games keep upping in stakes, reaching what you think is the inevitable conclusion only to…
As the decade comes to a close, Fellini finally abandons his probing into the worlds of ego and super-ego only to slide back into the id.
I appreciated this movie for all of its unashamed indulgence, whether in free form sexuality, unquenchable appetites, uncontrollable movement, unhinged noises, and desperate desire. Fellini just let’s all of this be, he doesn’t endorse it per se but he does his best to keep his commentary at a minimum. Then to cut all of…
This isn't the story about people who drift apart because of politics, this is the story of a woman with convictions (whether you agree with them or not) and intelligence, and a wuss-ass (drop dead beautiful) white boy who has never had to care about or fight for anything in his life.
They're initially attracted to each other because they each have something the other wishes they could possess. For Redford, Streisand represents the exciting world of fringe living, of…
