If you live in a bustling city, you understand what it feels like to escape the banality of the clamor. In all the commotion, you are constantly surrounded by strangers, yet you must keep your […]

Lauren Wilford recently coined an interesting phrase: “the mid masterpiece” (or Misterpiece or Midsterpiece, for short). This involves movies that are not very ambitious in their scope, maybe formulaic even. These flicks are not really […]

“Keep your ear to the ground.” Blue Velvet is the noir-ification of The Wizard of Oz. I say this not just coz there’s literally a key character named Dorothy in both films, but purely for […]

“Fincher has that Kubrick thing where he can’t unsee what he sees……. I think for people like that, it’s almost like a gift and curse, because they can’t unsee what they see. And that’s the […]

Circumstantial evidence: the movie! I vowed not to revisit this film anytime soon. It all started with that damn Hurdy Gurdy Song shuffled on my playlist. And then I did some reflection, realizing that I […]

Memento: Time as Memory Insomnia: Time as Perpetual Daylight Batman Begins: Time as Fear The Prestige: Time as Deception The Dark Knight: Time as Chaos Inception: Time as Dreams The Dark Knight Rises: Time as […]