Alex MooneyThe Massive Modesty of The Straight StoryThe first images in David Lynch’s The Straight Story (1999), which dissolve from a slow zoom through a lonely patch of outer space to a…May 10, 2023May 10, 2023
Alex MooneyManicured Evil in the Films of Ari AsterAri Aster announces his sensibility from the very first shot of Hereditary, the 2018 indie horror film that garnered rabid acclaim from all…Jul 22, 2022Jul 22, 2022
Alex MooneyCity on the Edge of Forever: “Coming of Age” in The Magnificent Ambersons and Licorice PizzaMovies lie to us constantly and predictably. Every genre has its own particular playbook of untruths and implausibilities, iterative…Jul 22, 2022Jul 22, 2022
Alex MooneySci-Fi Through the Dutchman’s Eye: Total Recall and Starship TroopersThe opening shots of Paul Verhoeven’s Total Recall (1990) place two figures against a vast expanse of Mars frontier, the kind of…Jul 22, 2022Jul 22, 2022