Film: Infinity Pool
Like father, like son, or so one would gather from the unsettling Infinity Pool (2023). Mixing science fiction, horror, and class commentary, writer/director Brandon Cronenberg takes numerous pages out of …
TV: Atlanta (Season 3)
The long-delayed third season of Atlanta just ended, a good four years after the series’ renewal, and unsurprisingly it’s well worth the wait. While definitely a more erratic season, it’s …
TV: Generation Kill
Given David Simon is one of TV’s most important auteurs, not to mention a personal favorite, it has long pestered the completist in me that I haven’t witnessed his entire …
TV: The Little Drummer Girl
What a welcome trend it is watching John le Carré’s back catalogue gradually get adapted into lavish, compelling new TV miniseries. The latest production in this vein is The Little …
Film: Mute
Writer-director Duncan Jones showed some decent science fictional chops in his movies Moon and Source Code, but his new film Mute (2018)—a passion project given life by Netflix’s headlong pursuit …
Film: The East
I watched The East (2013) because, well, how could I not watch a film called The East? It’s also a spy movie, of sorts, and a pretty good one. Brit …
Film: Melancholia
After the trauma of Antichrist, I went into my next Lars von Trier experience with reluctance, but Melancholia (2011) definitely rewarded my “bravery.” Like most von Trier films, it’s moody, …