Inherent Vice is completely misunderstood and easily the best neo-noir since Night Moves (1975) and Trouble in Mind (1984)
Inherent Vice is completely misunderstood and easily the best neo-noir since Night Moves (1975) and Trouble in Mind (1984)
Fuck Anthony Bourdain. Anti-vegan, patronising, anti-intellectual ass
Exactly. On the UK side, stuff like ONSIND and Martha have used the punk platform to explore homophobia and transphobia, austerity, mental illness and other issues.
You should check out Against Me!, a pro-social justice punk band led by an anarchist transwoman; The Slits, an anarchic feminist, all-female 70s era punk band; Ramschackle Glory/Pat The Bunny, a folk punk band that explores heroin addiction and mental health issues; Andrew Jackson Jihad, another folk punk band that…
Yeah! Fuck people for liking things!!
I do feel we focus too much on a binary of 'fantastic' or 'shit' in our current discourse around film. I'll be honest, few of my favourite films receive unanimously positive praise. Maybe none of them? Night Moves (1975), Dodes-Kaden (Kurosawa's under-appreciated Becket-esque masterpiece) The Passion of Joan of Arc…