Season two of True Detective peaked in episode one, with this scene.
All in Essays
An examination of why we once deeply loved Kevin Smith’s movies and why we stopped loving them so suddenly.
The Many Saints of Newark has the best shootout scene I’ve watched in recent years. Here’s what makes it work.
Mallsoft is more than just repurposed elevator music. It’s akin to having a conversation with a ghost.
Not much happens on screen, but so much happens in our minds.
Where I end one of the wildest debates among cinema nerds.
Three minutes of a man dancing, but no one seems to ever forget about it. Why?
Where I explain why Hotline Bling is 1) full of crap and 2) the best idea any artist ever had in the last 10 years.
Thunder Road is a movie where you never know whether to laugh or cry. We’re examining why that is.
You don’t have to care about everything. You can’t anyway. You’re constantly being told that everything’s important, but it only is if enough people pay attention.
There’s a lot of stuff that’s fake-deep in our culture. Pro wrestling is fake-shallow.
