Three More From LAFF
I’m slowly rolling out some reviews of films I managed to see at the Los Angeles Film Festival a couple of weeks ago.…
Bert and Ernie Are Gay—Get Over It
This week, the New Yorker came out with a cover that has already caused an uproar on the level of the of the…
Hell on Earth
It’s a daring thing when a filmmaker asks you to “close your eyes” at the beginning of his film and dares you to…
The Best Movie You’ll Play All Year
A couple of years before his death, Roger Ebert occasionally debated the artistic merits of video games and concluded that video games should…
Black, Gay and Proud
With the Supreme Court’s ruling on both DOMA and California’s Proposition 8 last week, many people across the country are celebrating new rights…
A Horrific Reenactment
The oft-used phrase, “I’ve never seen anything like it,” is often critical hyperbole. I can assure you, however, that you’ve never seen anything like The Act…
A Man of Steel Conversation
One of my favorite pop culture scholars, Tony Mills, wanted to weigh on in the new Superman movie, Man of Steel. I wanted to…
Yeezus H. Christ: the Self-Apotheosis of Kanye West
I come to review an artist even our unflappable president referred to as a “jackass.” Although I have severe doubts about some of…
