Not to be dramatic, but there is a plague in contemporary Hollywood—where it appears that films hate people. Backrooms contains many of the things I loathe in cinema nowadays:
First off, there is a trend where films like to use “miserable” people — always of lower-middle or lower class — as some plot device to draw up some scheme of “ascending”. It may be a surprise to filmmakers, but not everyone is miserable. Yes, inequalities are real — and this…
Thought I was about to watch a cool Tony Scott sports movie to make up for the horrible Habs game but instead fell on one of the darkest/most twisted films I’ve seen in a long time
If you’ve ever asked yourself what if the Joker or Travis Bickle was a die hard SF Giants fan, well now you have your answer..
Idk that a single watch can do it justice, and will revisit soon as it is one of Cronenberg's richest in ideas. A Late Style work - which sure, has its stylistic drawbacks and feels ponderous at times - that I can excuse in the context of Cronenberg's reflexivity on his work and career.
The last shot of the film -- hello, Joan of Arc -- is perhaps the most beautiful thing Cronenberg has captured.
Not unlike Crash, it is…
Since Marty Supreme is dropping in a few days... I had to revisit the movie that started this passion of mine for the Safdies's filmmaking. Anyone who knows me knows how important this film is to me and since I've never really written my thoughts on it - now feels like the right moment to do it.
This coming out in 2019 - the peak of hype beast culture - is such a specific moment in culture; where culture and…
