Pop Culture Maniacs
Grand Theft Hamlet
Transforming an actor's worst fear from "forgetting my lines" to "getting blown up by a stranger dressed as a cowboy stripper".
Austin Noto-Moniz
Pop Culture Maniacs
A brief announcement.
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Presence
It should surprise no one that Soderbergh's ghost story is far more concerned with its creative conceit than being scary. And that's a good thing.
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Hard Truths
"Why can’t you enjoy life?" "I don’t know!...Haunted. Haunted. It’s not fair."
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Sing Sing
"We don’t say that in here. We use 'beloved'."
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September 5
"It's not about politics, it's about emotion."
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The Last Showgirl
Gia Coppola's take on "The Wrestler"
Year End
Best Films I Watched This Year - 2024
From a wordless experimental doc to an intimately epic three hour nightmare.
Year End
2024 Wrap-Up
If you’re just interested in my top ten, you can skip my preamble and other categories by clicking here. At this time every year comes the inevitable question: was it a good one for movies? This year more than most, there are a multitude of ways to answer that
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Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World
"Our emphasis is on the fact that we want our workers to respect the procedures..."
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Nosferatu
"The shadow casts a nightmare. Awake, yet dreaming."
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A Complete Unknown
"Track mud on somebody's carpet."