The ‘Medium-Press’ in Comics: An Interview with Lonnie Nadler
Not many formats of media have had bumpier transitions to the digital age than the monthly comic book. Falling from its status as a hallmark of every gas-station, news-stand, and kid’s bedroom to the industry’s current position as a niche hobby only catered to by specialty stores, the modern-day comic-book business’s success is precarious at…
Cyber-Spunk: Losing Track of the Genre’s Roots
2018’s Upgrade, directed by Leigh Whannell, managed to accomplish something that up until this point has been near-impossible on screens – create a good, low-budget, cyberpunk movie that manages to hold its own against its inspirations. Violent, pulpy, and often falling into tropes and clichés, Upgrade is by no means a perfect film, but the future-tech style of the…
No Future For Old Men: A Generation of Directors Approaches 60
With Harvey Weinstein finally behind bars after a nearly two-year legal process, in a lot of ways – good ways, mind you – it’s the end of an era for the American film industry. And while Weinstein spent a good deal of the past three decades ruining young actresses’ lives, his impact on Hollywood, American…
Tarantino’s World: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and the Walking Simulator
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is a film that writer/director Quentin Tarantino seems to be daring you to not like. While a simple description of the plot sounds like a typically Tarantino movie, in execution, Hollywood feels like a non-story in the same vein as the absurdist novelists, such as Pynchon and Brautigan, that were oh-so-prominent in…
Funny Guy, Sad Movie: A Phenomenon
It’s a film about a young white kid, no dad, and he’s sad. No way around it. He’s having a tough go. Single mom, kind-of poor, but he’s smart, you know? Maybe he falls in with the wrong crowd, but they’re not that bad. Only misguided, just like him. They’ll do drugs a convenient – what? Let’s…
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