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Party On, Vlad: The Immortal Transience of Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Candace Jane Opper·
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Gary Oldman as Dracula | art by Tony Stella
It’s easy to write off a movie like Bram Stoker’s Dracula, so married as it is to the neon tackiness of the early 1990s; it’s much harder to recognize that placing itself squarely into that context is an extraordinary device. Read More

Quote Unquote Fantastic

Ethan Warren·
Issue 82: Literary Adaptations Redux
Fantastic Mr. Fox | art by Brianna Ashby
On Fantastic Mr. Fox and the contradictory, complementary visions of Wes Anderson and Roald Dahl. Read More

This Is How I Win: The Cosmic Humanism of Uncut Gems

Travis Woods·
Issue 81: Sacrifice
Adam Sandler in Uncut Gems | art by Brianna Ashby
Uncut Gems is itself an uncut gem—jagged and terrifying on the outside, yet encompassing a startlingly beautiful and cosmic humanism within. Read More

This is a Love Story: When Women Look Back at Us

Zosha Millman·
Issue 81: Sacrifice
Fleabag | art by Brianna Ashby
Sometimes, the only thing a woman can do is let herself be seen on her own terms. Read More

The Cross Inside Me

Thomas Zak·
Issue 81: Sacrifice
The Last Temptation of Christ | Tony Stella
In probing the depth of Jesus’s humanity, Martin Scorsese makes the sacrifice of Christ all the more fulfilling, real, tortured, and true. Read More

I Don’t Belong In This World: On the Saltair Pavilion, Mary Henry, and Carnival of Souls

Merritt Mecham·
Issue 80: A Fine Mess
Carnival of Souls | art by Tony Stella
Whether by accident or instinct, Carnival of Souls captures a sense of alienation. And the film itself, fiercely independent, with a singular vision, experienced a similar outcome as its protagonist. Read More

Still Here

Travis Woods·
Issue 79: Best of 2019
Leonardo DiCaprio as Rick Dalton in ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD | art by Brianna Ashby
A Journey Through The Funky Fanfare of Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood Read More

My House, My Coffee, My Rules

Kelsey Ford·
Issue 79: Best of 2019
Chris Pine in KNIVES OUT | art by Brianna Ashby
Kelsey Ford on murder mysteries, gentleman sleuths, and Rian Johnson's Knives Out. Read More

It’s What It Is

Kellie Herson·
Issue 79: Best of 2019
Robert De Niro in THE IRISHMAN (2019) | art by Tony Stella
Instead of taking issue with the facts of what Frank Sheeran tells us, The Irishman unravels the way he positions himself within his account. Read More

A Grand Yuletide Theory: The Muppet Christmas Carol is the Best Adaptation of A Christmas Carol

Ethan Warren·
Extras
The Muppet Christmas Carol | art by Brianna Ashby
Only one movie has ever managed to recreate that uniquely Dickens magic, achieving it not so much through adaptation as through transmutation. Read More

I Don’t Know How to Do Anything Else

Kellie Herson·
Issue 77: Neo-Noir
Robert De Niro | art by Brianna Ashby
I avoided both Heat and Jackie Brown until 2019. I recognize that this is irrational self-sabotage. It is, in this case, especially irrational behavior given that my number-one all-time celebrity crush is mid-‘90s Robert De Niro. Read More

The Elemental Pleasures of Johnny Guitar

Veronica Fitzpatrick·
Issue 76: Second Acts
Joan Crawford in JOHNNY GUITAR (1954) | artwork by Tony Stella
Nicholas Ray's Johnny Guitar is so rigorously, comprehensively excessive, its excesses eclipse any baseline against which excess is typically judged. Read More
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