After working on the script for roughly 20 years, filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson (Punch-Drunk Love; Boogie Nights) finally cracked his vision to adapt author Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel Vineland and, if one’s been following the awards circuit, the resultant film,… Read More ›
Sean Penn
Life is little more than “One Battle After Another.”
Too often these days it seems like we’re living on the dumbest timeline. Regardless of one’s politics, when hypocrisy is high, there is no other way to process it than believing our lawns crave Gatorade for the electrolytes. The government… Read More ›
“Daddio” plays things a little too daily life to actively engage the audience.
There are so many movies that come to mind that do the (mostly) single location idea and manage to execute it with varied results: Saw (2004), The Boys in the Band (1970 or 2004), Locke (2013), The Terminal (2004), to… Read More ›
What are you, on dope? Snag “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” from Criterion now.
Welcome to Fistful of Features, a celebration of film preservation through physical media and the discussion of cinematic treasures to maintain their relevance in the cultural lexicon. This time we’ll be taking a look at a pop culture milestone coming… Read More ›