Very few TV shows can maintain a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score while delivering the most absurd lines and unjustifiably dramatic plot imaginable. But then again, very few shows are written by Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin. Gloriously ridiculous and so far overblown is The Chair Company, the new limited series written by the duo and fronted by… Continue reading The Chair Company: Tim Robinson’s profound ability to out-mortify the human experience
As we near the end of the film festival season, one highlight across the board has been Ronan Day-Lewis’s Anemone. After world-premiering at the New York Film Festival, praise and press for the stormy, Yorkshire-set picture have eclipsed some of the other strong releases. The fanfare surrounding the festival’s premiere wasn’t just about a son’s bold directorial… Continue reading Daniel Day-Lewis’ Refined Mastery
I watched One Battle After Another in the same week that I rewatched Longlegs and Weapons. Following the double bill of cultish mind control and paranormal fascination, I oddly found myself much more disturbed and sweaty watching the plot of Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film unfold. A loose adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel Vineland, the story follows Bob, a washed-up revolutionary hiding with… Continue reading One Battle After Another – Mankind is Scarier Than Any Ghost
