Chris CassinghamThe Devil All The Time: Misery of the Highest CallingAs the title suggests, Antonio Campos’s new film is stalked by a satanic oppression, not the kind the pops out from behind a door or…Sep 16, 2020Sep 16, 2020
Chris CassinghamI’m Thinking of Ending ThingsWas it a mistake to try to digest Kaufman’s new dizzying, deeply unsettling, existential plunge into relationships before 9 am? That’s…Sep 5, 2020Sep 5, 2020
Chris CassinghamThe First Cow to CapitalismKelly Reichardt has always had a keen awareness of a changing American landscape. Her vision of the American West has real historical and…Aug 4, 2020Aug 4, 2020
Chris CassinghamSolitude, Isolation, Solidarity — The Limits of Layman Ingenuity in Spaceship Earth and BeyondIt’s been more than two months since nearly everyone in the world had to shut their doors on each other, two months since we entered this…Jun 20, 2020Jun 20, 2020
Chris CassinghamAltruistic Fraud in “Bad Education”Bad Education, Corey Finley’s new film about corrupt school administrators starring Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney, is a refreshingly…May 1, 2020May 1, 2020
Chris Cassingham“The Rhythm Section” Never Finds Its FootingThere is a scene in The Rhythm Section, Reed Morano’s new spy thriller, where Stephanie, newly recovered heroin addict, perpetually…Feb 1, 2020Feb 1, 2020
Chris CassinghamGreta Gerwig’s Faithful Reimagining of “Little Women”Louisa May Alcott’s book, “Little Women,” is about four girls growing up during and after the Civil war, one of whom writes a book about…Jan 3, 2020Jan 3, 2020
Chris CassinghamWhat I Watched in 20192019 was the first year I set myself a movie-related goal. it started out as 100, then turned to 300, then became as many as I could…Dec 30, 2019Dec 30, 2019
Chris Cassingham“Atlantics” and it’s Ghostly Economic PremonitionsA lot of movies are lauded as haunting when in reality they just have general aura of uncertainty. Mati Diop’s Cannes Grand Prix winner…Dec 13, 2019Dec 13, 2019
Chris Cassingham“Knives Out” Is A Classic Whodunit Pumped Up For 2019Don’t be surprised to find out that one of the most politically prescient films of the year comes from a director whose last film, Star…Dec 7, 2019Dec 7, 2019
