Steven GrayA RESPONSE TO A BROKEN ESSAY BY REBECCA SOLNITA broken idea of sex is flourishing. Blame capitalism.[1]Dec 24, 2018Dec 24, 2018
Steven GraySEX AND DEATH AND BAD TRANSLATIONS[The films referred to in this essay include Hail Mary and In the Realm of the Senses. Spoiler alert.]Oct 13, 2018Oct 13, 2018
Steven GrayMISCASTING, PROPAGANDA, AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY TWISTED VIOLENCE: A LOOK AT DISTURBING FILMSSpoiler alert: the films discussed in this essay include Saving Private Ryan, The Stoning of Soraya M., and Zero Dark Thirty.]Oct 9, 2018Oct 9, 2018
Steven GrayTHE ROAD TO HELL IS LINED WITH AUTO PARTSWe’ve come a long way from Road to Morocco, with two “carefree castaways on a desert shore.” It was made in 1942 during World War II. In…Oct 6, 20181Oct 6, 20181
Steven GrayWINGS OF DESERTIONThe film was put together half a lifetime ago, its reputation as phantasmagoric as the medium, and yet I didn’t get around to watching it…Oct 4, 2018Oct 4, 2018
Steven GrayTHE EXTERMINATING FILM DIRECTOR[Spoiler alert: The Exterminating Angel, a film by Luis Bunuel, is discussed in this essay.]Oct 3, 2018Oct 3, 2018
Steven GrayDRINKING BLOOD IN OIL COUNTRY(A review of A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014), written and directed by Ana Lily Amirpour)Sep 20, 2018Sep 20, 2018
Steven GrayTHE FILMS OF BRUCE CONNERNote: I was staying away from the renovated San Francisco Museum of Modern Art which I figured was providing more empty wall space for its…Sep 20, 2018Sep 20, 2018
Steven GrayNEO-NOAH: THE BASTARDIZATION OF A JEWISH MYTHWhen a movie ends and you are swearing at the closing credits it doesn’t mean that you’re offended by a crew of thousands. It means the…Nov 29, 20162Nov 29, 20162