Bob, Bob, Bob! We're back on defense.

Falsely responded to as a message of hopeful resistance in fascistic times, One Battle After Another plays similar to Licorice Pizza's secretly cynical spin on young romance. Here, the adrenalized, thrill ride packaging disguises a grim reality about the forces of revolution and authoritarianism.

The sixteen years that pass between acts one and two underline the perpetual hurdle to opposing authoritarian forces. Revolution inherently means evolution, change, progressivism; as the miscommunication between Bob…

See, it's asymmetrical but it's also still balanced.

Casey grew up in Columbus, Indiana, desperately cares for her mother, and, because of that, fears leaving behind everything she knows and cares for. Jin lives in Seoul, struggles to find concern for his ailing father, and eagerly anticipates the day he can return home. Youthfully unguarded, yet matured from experience, Casey is mesmerizing to be around, while Jin's stoicism and bluntness suggest an "old man" set in his ways, but all…

The teacher says he uses notebooks to keep things organized; a simple flip juxtaposes past and present. Yet, that’s not how the world is organized. The houses are all harsh angles, twisted staircases, and abutted properties. The diagonal lines of the path criss-crossing the hill are the central motif in this regard. There’s also the question of doors. Old doors - made by the elderly carpenter - are decaying, yet neither them nor the steel door of the school building…

As much as the third Indiana Jones film is about obsessive tendencies (concisely indicated by the hard cut between young and old Indy, both fighting for the Cross of Coronado), it is also about transference of knowledge. That is to say, where the Nazis burn books, Henry Jones shares them with his son. Indy is a testament to the teachings of his father, following in his academic footsteps and displaying a number of the same personality traits; he's been shaped…