For the movie of a lifetime, recall, recall, recall the original.

In Solitude ru-hules.

In Solitude ru-hules.

Yes, the burden is on people to defend these things if they're so good. When did it become common practice to just gobble down overcooked franchise films peppered with some frothing pull-quotes and snap at anyone who's not on board? Isn't the purpose of criticism (as opposed to consumer guide reviewing passing as…

Yes, the burden is on people to defend these things if they're so good. When did it become common practice to just gobble down overcooked franchise films peppered with some frothing pull-quotes and snap at anyone who's not on board? Isn't the purpose of criticism (as opposed to consumer guide reviewing passing as…

It's not that The Dark Knight Rises is "socially regressive"—it is, but it has its source material, namely all of comic books, and their glorification of vigilantism, as an escape hatch for that—it's that it's a total muddle. I would probably be considered a "liberal" (though I hate the word) and the bulk of my…

It's not that The Dark Knight Rises is "socially regressive"—it is, but it has its source material, namely all of comic books, and their glorification of vigilantism, as an escape hatch for that—it's that it's a total muddle. I would probably be considered a "liberal" (though I hate the word) and the bulk of my…

Yes, TEAM ATTENBERG. Film gets better ever time I watch it.

Yes, TEAM ATTENBERG. Film gets better ever time I watch it.

You're not likely to get an argument from the guy whose avatar is Paul Verhoeven kissing Arnold Schwarzenegger. It's also Arnold's best role, actor-y acting wise, made better by how ludicrous the idea of him being a blue collar working man is.

You're not likely to get an argument from the guy whose avatar is Paul Verhoeven kissing Arnold Schwarzenegger. It's also Arnold's best role, actor-y acting wise, made better by how ludicrous the idea of him being a blue collar working man is.

GIVE THIS PEOPLE HAIR

GIVE THIS PEOPLE HAIR

It's not that you don't get it, but the show is meant to be naval-gazy and built around one guy's worldview. To my mind, that it takes these "liberties" (which are really deliberate aesthetic choices) only adds to it.

It's not that you don't get it, but the show is meant to be naval-gazy and built around one guy's worldview. To my mind, that it takes these "liberties" (which are really deliberate aesthetic choices) only adds to it.

Retroactive spoiler alert: something that is of incidental consequence to an episode of television happens in that episode of television.

Retroactive spoiler alert: something that is of incidental consequence to an episode of television happens in that episode of television.

Also new Louie reveals that the daughters' mom is black, which makes even less sense. Though you can rationalize within the show's modernist paramaters, where every episode is essentially a reboot, a self-contained thing where characters avail themselves accordingly.

Also new Louie reveals that the daughters' mom is black, which makes even less sense. Though you can rationalize within the show's modernist paramaters, where every episode is essentially a reboot, a self-contained thing where characters avail themselves accordingly.

I'd call it more "premisey" than "gimmicky": both films function very effectively through exploring the operations of ostensibly hermetic, self-contained worlds. They're sort of non-sci-fi "what if?" scenarios. That said, the naturalism of Lanthimos' style, and the performers' vacillations between naturalism and a…