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Invincible is back this week on Amazon Prime. The show is a glorious and gleeful celebration of comic tropes, but it is also layered with compelling human drama.
Movies & TV
Invincible Captures the Traumatic Reality of Superheroes
Darren Mooney Nov 3, 2023
The streaming wars are coming to an end. As the survivors stumble dazed through the wreckage of what remains, it’s hard not to wonder if the struggle has irreparably damaged what they claimed to be fighting over.
Column
The Streaming Wars Are Lost
Darren Mooney Oct 31, 2023
Quentin Tarantino wants to retire after ten films. Martin Scorsese's career argues that Tarantino can keep making great films.
In the Frame
Martin Scorsese Is a Counterargument to Quentin Tarantino's Retirement Plans
Darren Mooney Oct 30, 2023
Five Nights at Freddy's is reheated chain restaurant horror, that squanders the mysteries of the game series.
In the Frame
The Dull Familiarity of Five Nights at Freddy's
Darren Mooney Oct 27, 2023
Column
Happy Sugar Life Is The Most Disturbing Anime You Haven't Seen
Jesse Lab Oct 26, 2023
John Carpenter's Christine, celebrating its 40th anniversary, is a film about a killer car. It is also about repression and nerdy masculinity in crisis.
Column
John Carpenter's Christine is Revenge of the Nerds as a Horror Film
Darren Mooney Oct 25, 2023
Bodies, the new Netflix miniseries, is a show less about a time traveling murder mystery and more about the soul of London.
In the Frame
Netflix's Bodies is a Time-Travel Thriller About the Soul of London
Darren Mooney Oct 23, 2023
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In the Frame
Killers of the Flower Moon Confronts Where White Supremacy Meets Masculinity
Darren Mooney Oct 21, 2023
Martin Scorsese's Casino is a crime movie, but it also exists at a crossroads of the old western and religion.
Rest of the World
Martin Scorsese's Casino is a Western and a Religious Parable
Darren Mooney Oct 18, 2023
The Fall of the House of Usher, the new Netflix series by Mike Flanagan, suggests that consequence is its own inescapable form of generational trauma.
In the Frame
The Fall of the House of Usher Is a Phenomenal Accomplishment of Generational Horror
Darren Mooney Oct 16, 2023
Michael Myers is the embodiment of pure evil. Between 2018 and 2022, that evil took a very specific form. David Gordon Green's Halloween trilogy offers a portrait of America stalked by a resurgent fascism.
Column
Halloween's Michael Myers Became America's Fascist Boogeyman
Darren Mooney Oct 15, 2023
Fair Play, Chloe Domont's feature directorial debut, is very much informed by and in conversation with the erotic thriller genre.
Column
Netflix's Fair Play Offers a Role Reversal of a Classic Erotic Thriller Template
Darren Mooney Oct 11, 2023
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