In the invigorating, infuriating and fascinating film “Dunkirk,” director Christopher Nolan seems to break a cardinal rule of storytelling: the characters are nearly impossible to tell apart. At the...
What is a B-movie? Most people would describe it as a bad movie or — sometimes — a movie that is “so bad it’s good.” This isn’t quite right.
B-movies came about during the 1920s to 1950s...
In tracking the ways public perception of LGBT issues have changed over the past few decades, one could do worse than looking at the history of the Academy Awards. With a few notable exceptions, LGBT representation...
Warning: This review contains spoilers for “The Shape of Water.”
In the surprising, sublime film “The Shape of Water,” every moment is rife with contradiction. This is a movie that looks...
Warning: This review contains mild spoilers for “Darkest Hour.”
Most awards seasons a film comes around that seems to be so catered to Oscar voters’ tastes that it is almost comical. These films...
Warning: This article contains spoilers for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Some people just want to watch the world burn. Coincidentally, a lot of those people also make really good...
The Academy Award nominations were announced on January 23. In this new series, Josh Petersen will be watching all of the Best Picture nominees and writing about the good, the bad and the ugly in each...
Coming-of-age stories have long been a staple of literature and film, and it’s not hard to understand why. Growing up and forming an identity is both inherently dramatic and relatable, and the best examples...
After being told “I’m going to give you the rope, you can either hang yourself with it or build a bridge to move your career forward,” by Conrad Rickett, one of the executive producers of “Extreme...
For two decades, comedian Maria Bamford has used stand-up comedy to explore some decidedly unfunny topics: family conflict, social justice and most memorably, mental illness. Bamford has been mentally...
