Charlie FountaineUncut Gems sets the paceAren’t colonoscopies supposed to be stressful?Apr 24, 2023Apr 24, 2023
Charlie FountaineKeeping track of All the President’s MenHunt… Colson… Clawson… Liddy… Mitchell… Dahlberg… MacGregor… Stans… Magruder… Porter… Segretti… Chapin… Haldeman…Feb 16, 2023Feb 16, 2023
Charlie FountaineMichael Clayton finds some colorThere’s a certain brand of George Clooney film I tend to avoid: the highly-serious real-world thrillers with complicated plots and nary a…Dec 14, 2022Dec 14, 2022
Charlie FountaineYou’ve Got Mail’s got growthIn the pantheon of romantic comedies, When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle and You’ve Got Mail stand as a holy triumvirate. Thank…Oct 17, 2022Oct 17, 2022
Charlie FountaineBeneath Manchester By The Sea’s surfaceHorror movies aren’t the only ones with ghosts. Sometimes instead of special effects or visual thrills we’re haunted by subtext. The art of…Oct 6, 2022Oct 6, 2022
Charlie FountaineWhat is Nocturnal Animals thinking?I once saw an interview with James Cameron where he described filmmaking by leveling his hands at his nose and forehead, highlighting his…Sep 5, 2022Sep 5, 2022
Charlie FountaineDead Poet’s Society is simple enoughI’ve always been drawn to morally ambiguous stories — protagonists living on the tenuous edge of evil, audiences not knowing whether they…Sep 1, 2022Sep 1, 2022
Charlie FountaineStory vs. plot in There Will Be BloodAsk 100 writers on the difference between story and plot and you’ll get 101 different opinions. Here’s how I define the two: plot is…Jul 31, 2022Jul 31, 2022
Charlie FountaineThe blender concoction that is FlightIn Spike Jonze’s “Adaptation,” (a meta-comedy/dissertation on screenwriting I look forward to visiting here at some point) Nicolas Cage’s…Jul 24, 2022Jul 24, 2022
