Laurel & Hardy’s Genius of Everyday Chaos
The opposite of the idealized embodiments of masculinity seen in male cinema heroes, hapless man-children Laurel & Hardy are creatures of the id.
comedy
Seinfeld Was Wrong About Keith Hernandez’s Spit-Shot, Possibly
It seems the entire Phillies team were just the patsies in Seinfeld's Magic Loogie episode. Let me demonstrate.
Trixie Mattel on Horror Movie Gin, Writing a Book, and How Not to Photograph a Drag Queen
Drag superstar Trixie Mattel spills the beans on her new book and so much more. "It's a wonderful book. I'm ready to have my roller coaster at Universal Studios based on this book."
On Infinity in Miranda July’s ‘Me and You and Everyone We Know’
In a strange kind of way, Miranda July's Me and You and Everyone We Know is about two competing notions of "forever" in relation to love.
Nazis, Nostalgia, and Critique in Taika Waititi’s ‘Jojo Rabbit’
Arriving amidst the exhaustion of the past (21st century cultural stagnation), Waititi locates a new potential object for the nostalgic gaze with Jojo Rabbit: unpleasant and traumatic events themselves.
The Bizarre ‘Deerskin’ Makes Black Comedy Out of a Familiar Masculine Crisis
Led by a misanthropic yet oddly charming performance from Jean Dujardin, Quentin Dupieux's take on the midlife crisis, Deerskin, gains power from the absurd and the enigmatic.
‘The King of Staten Island’ Presides Over Self-Pity
Judd Apatow's latest arrested development comedy, The King of Staten Island, is short on laughs and long on running time.
Alastair Sim: A Very English Character Actor Genius
Alastair Sim belongs to those character actors sometimes accused of "hamming it up" because they work at such a high level of internal and external technique that they can't help standing out.
Fleabag’s Hot Priest and Love as Longing
In season two of Fleabag, The Priest's inaccessibility turns him into a sort of god, powerful enough for Fleabag to suddenly find herself spending hours in church with no religious motivation.
Don’t Let Roseanne Barr Ruin Roseanne’s Legacy
Watching the Roseanne family's hopes and dreams dashed over nine seasons made the show highly relatable then -- and now.
The Obstacles in ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ Are Not Typical of MCU
Peyton Reed's "Disney-fied" Ant-Man and the Wasp is unchallenging in all the best ways.