It’s me, the self-ordained savior of cinema(s) post-Covid.
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Author: Steven Strauss
My Man Square
From a coincidental(?) pattern, to a deliberate(?) homage.
Murmurs of Murmuration
Even in this, The Year of Few Movies™, there are still enough to produce weirdly coincidental (or are they??) trends.
Resurrection
Is it too late for a reevaluation and revaluation of a six-year-old movie?
Auteurology
Besides his quasi-consistent visual aesthetic, the similarities between Sean Durkin’s feature-length debut, Martha Marcy May Marlene, and his follow-up, The Nest, are not screamingly evident.
Broke and Broken…but Still Fixable?
From Alfred Hitchcock, to a relationship squabble.
Psycho Is As Psycho Does
In a traditional sense, a title describes a work of art.
PSA: Psycho
60 years later, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho is still making waves.
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Let’s Cameo
To put a pin in how an actor’s offscreen fame can inform their onscreen performances, let’s transition from Spike Lee to…Twin Peaks?
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The Big Apple Barrel
Spike Lee and casting: a subject that just keeps on giving.
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