The Righteous Anger of Watermelon Man
Jeff Gerber (Godfrey Cambridge) is a racist. He may cover it up in “jokes” or off-color comments that he triesContinue Reading
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Freeing Up the Lane Through Love & Basketball
When did we come up with this preconceived notion that movies – all of them, every last one – haveContinue Reading
Influence & Judas and the Black Messiah
There was a brief period of time in which Judas and the Black Messiah was titled Jesus Was My Homeboy,Continue Reading
Irma la Douce’s Unconventional Love
After starring together in Billy Wilder‘s classic The Apartment, Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine re-teamed again under Wilder’s direction forContinue Reading
Call Me by Your Name, the Story of the Boy Who Knew Everything and Nothing
i. Elio Perlman, not yet a man, hardly a boy, knows everything. He knows everything about the things that noContinue Reading
50 First Dates and the Horrifying Joys of Repetition
Has any horror film been able to immediately conjure up a feeling of dread, discomfort, and pure terror as theContinue Reading
Incomplete Redemption Through Love in Dogfight
For most men, it is often impossible to break away from the traditions and norms enforced by toxic masculinity. ItContinue Reading
A Bride Without a Head and a Wolf Without a Foot: The Operatic Drama of Moonstruck
Norman Jewison’s 1987 Academy Award-winning romantic comedy Moonstruck is about many things. Themes of love, family, Italian-Americanism, infidelity, and evenContinue Reading
Slouching Towards Nowhere: The Graduate
“I’m worried about my future.” This is the mantra of graduate Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman), one dependably recycled to hisContinue Reading
Yellow Rose ★★★
While most teen movies concern themselves with the universal anxieties of school cliques and attending school dances, Yellow Rose looksContinue Reading
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