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Flash Essays on Why Film Matters Now, or Hot Takes on Hot Takes
In “How to Tell the Difference Between a Hot Take and a Good Idea,” critic and essayist Jia Tolentino describes a “hot take” as a piece of writing that’s “primarily gestural” and “primarily based on reaction—both the illusory need to … Continue reading
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Hot Take: Everyone Should Have Been Excited for Better Man. By River Waters
Part of me was truly hopeful that Michael Gracey’s Better Man (2024) would be a box office hit. It did not seem like it necessarily went unnoticed. There was plenty of buzz in online film spaces after the trailer first … Continue reading
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That’s Rock and Roll, Bro: A Hot Take on Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Nostalgia, and Youth Culture. By Faith Hardie
In 2011, a narcissistic pre-teen Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) graced the silver screen alongside the tumultuous Heffley family in David Bowers’s surprisingly timeless Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules. A film that by no means possesses a notable deal … Continue reading
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Dune 2 (2024). By Preston Gambrell
I’m not a fan of Dune 2.
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The Exorcist as a Comedy: Why the “Scariest Movie of All Time” Is Hilarious. By Ari Hammond
William Friedkin’s 1973 film The Exorcist has been heralded as one of the scariest movies of all time. Even now, fifty years after its release, it consistently tops lists and polls on the subject and is frequently discussed as a … Continue reading
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Stop and Look Around: Anti-Capitalism in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. By Nicole McKendrick
Most people are familiar with John Hughes’s modern classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986), a narrative with the moral of taking your time and enjoying all of life’s pleasures. The film follows high school senior Ferris Bueller who convinces his … Continue reading
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Boxed In: Fish Tank and the Brutality of Girlhood. By Manie Joses
The first time I watched Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank (2009), I was devastated. I was anticipating grit, but I wasn’t anticipating a film that would make me feel complicit in its discomfort. Critics praised its gritty realism and the trance-like … Continue reading
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When Love Meets Algorithms: Why Spike Jonze’s Her Isn’t the Romance You Remember. By Max Chouinard
With five Oscar nominations, near-universal critical acclaim, and ranked #38 on Rotten Tomatoes’ list of top romantic movies, Spike Jonze’s Her (2013) resonated deeply with audiences through its exploration of modern romance. As Richard Corliss of Time Magazine notes, Jonze … Continue reading
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The (Mis)Interpretation of Dreams: Nolan’s Inception. By Erica Freeman-Carter
From Deleuze to Baudrillard, Inception (2010) unravels like a dreadful amalgamation of every first-year film lecture I sat through years ago: long and drawn out, whilst being slightly confusing. Nolan sets out to achieve a mind-bending, puzzle film that instead … Continue reading
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Kaguya-sama: Love Is War – Logic vs. Emotions. By Minh Le
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai, Mamoru Hatakeyama, 2022) is a romantic comedy anime series about the student council president and vice-president, Shirogane and Kaguya, as well as the absolutely comedic romantic shenanigans between them. Despite both of them … Continue reading
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