Tag: 2021

New Fiction 2021 – August

“A Delicate Architecture” by Catherynne M. Valente (2010)

Are adults not simply inured to supping of the children?

Mega Man 5 dev. Capcom (1992)

Madness is completing Wily’s Castle and expecting a different outcome.

Psychonauts 2 dev. Double Fine Productions (2021)

“Weird game haha.”

“Little Runmo” dir. Gooseworx (2019)

They got our number.

“Three Robots” dir. Victor Maldonado & Alfredo Torres (2019)

A tour of the classics.

“Beyond the Aquila Rift” dir. Léon Bérelle, Dominique Boidin, Rémi Kozyra, Maxime Luère (2019)

Does it matter when she’s there in the flesh?

“Ice Age” dir. Tim Miller (2019)

One might conclude that there is no conclusion.

“Sonnie’s Edge” dir. Dave Wilson (2019)

Punching bag problems.

“When the Yogurt Took Over” dir. Victor Maldonado & Alfredo Torres (2019)

I might write “a view from the snow globe” but I don’t think it matters from someone within the snow globe.

“The Secret War” dir. István Zorkóczy (2019)

Revisionist carnage.

“Sucker of Souls” dir. Owen Sullivan (2019)

Giving Romanians a bad name.

“The Witness” dir. Alberto Mielgo (2019)

Standing on tippy toes at the edge of the valley.

“Suits” dir. Franck Balson (2019)

At some point you stake the future on an immovable rock.

“Good Hunting” dir. Oliver Thomas (2019)

Blending of genres is most encouraged.

“The Dump” dir. Javier Recio Gracia (2019)

Heavy Metal origins, as was the style at the time.

“Shape-Shifters” dir. Gabriele Pennacchioli (2019)

Werewolf fight, werewolf fight.

“Fish Night” dir. Damian Nenow (2019)

If your brain doesn’t float during the spaces in between, well, what’re you even doing?

“Helping Hand” dir. Jon Yeo (2019)

Prepare me for the sacrifice.

“Alternate Histories” dir. Victor Maldonado & Alfredo Torres (2019)

Some satisfaction in the alternatives.

“Lucky 13” dir. Jerome Chen (2019)

Love defined by need.

“Blindspot” dir. Vitaliy Shushko (2019)

A collection of assorted parts.

“Zima Blue” dir. Robert Valley (2019)

The wildest dream of all.

The Green Knight dir. David Lowery (2021)

What is given is so very easily taken away.

The Suicide Squad dir. James Gunn (2021)

When in doubt, redo.

Escape from Mogadishu dir. Ryoo Seung-wan (2021)

Simmer on low for ninety minutes, then turn to high until steaming.

Free Guy dir. Shawn Levy (2021)

Something that certainly exists.

Don’t Breathe 2 dir. Rodo Sayagues (2021)

You really needn’t.

The Night House dir. David Bruckner (2021)

The abyss wonders about you.

The Protégé dir. Martin Campbell (2021)

Justifying the means.

Reminiscence dir. Lisa Joy (2021)

Jacked into some blurry sense of what is.

Star Trek: Lower Decks – “Strange Energies” (2021)

Some humans are better cartoons.

Star Trek: Discovery – Season 3 (2020)

The rubber band can only extend so far.

Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 1 (2020)

A layercake of evocation.

Loki (2021)

Collar time and broken horns.

Star Wars: The Bad Batch (2021)

The accepted configuration is showing.

New Fiction 2021 – August

“A Delicate Architecture” by Catherynne M. Valente (2010)

Are adults not simply inured to supping of the children?

Mega Man 5 dev. Capcom (1992)

Madness is completing Wily’s Castle and expecting a different outcome.

Psychonauts 2 dev. Double Fine Productions (2021)

“Weird game haha.”

“Little Runmo” dir. Gooseworx (2019)

They got our number.

“Three Robots” dir. Victor Maldonado & Alfredo Torres (2019)

A tour of the classics.

“Beyond the Aquila Rift” dir. Léon Bérelle, Dominique Boidin, Rémi Kozyra, Maxime Luère (2019)

Does it matter when she’s there in the flesh?

“Ice Age” dir. Tim Miller (2019)

One might conclude that there is no conclusion.

“Sonnie’s Edge” dir. Dave Wilson (2019)

Punching bag problems.

“When the Yogurt Took Over” dir. Victor Maldonado & Alfredo Torres (2019)

I might write “a view from the snow globe” but I don’t think it matters from someone within the snow globe.

“The Secret War” dir. István Zorkóczy (2019)

Revisionist carnage.

“Sucker of Souls” dir. Owen Sullivan (2019)

Giving Romanians a bad name.

“The Witness” dir. Alberto Mielgo (2019)

Standing on tippy toes at the edge of the valley.

“Suits” dir. Franck Balson (2019)

At some point you stake the future on an immovable rock.

“Good Hunting” dir. Oliver Thomas (2019)

Blending of genres is most encouraged.

“The Dump” dir. Javier Recio Gracia (2019)

Heavy Metal origins, as was the style at the time.

“Shape-Shifters” dir. Gabriele Pennacchioli (2019)

Werewolf fight, werewolf fight.

“Fish Night” dir. Damian Nenow (2019)

If your brain doesn’t float during the spaces in between, well, what’re you even doing?

“Helping Hand” dir. Jon Yeo (2019)

Prepare me for the sacrifice.

“Alternate Histories” dir. Victor Maldonado & Alfredo Torres (2019)

Some satisfaction in the alternatives.

“Lucky 13” dir. Jerome Chen (2019)

Love defined by need.

“Blindspot” dir. Vitaliy Shushko (2019)

A collection of assorted parts.

“Zima Blue” dir. Robert Valley (2019)

The wildest dream of all.

The Green Knight dir. David Lowery (2021)

What is given is so very easily taken away.

The Suicide Squad dir. James Gunn (2021)

When in doubt, redo.

Escape from Mogadishu dir. Ryoo Seung-wan (2021)

Simmer on low for ninety minutes, then turn to high until steaming.

Free Guy dir. Shawn Levy (2021)

Something that certainly exists.

Don’t Breathe 2 dir. Rodo Sayagues (2021)

You really needn’t.

The Night House dir. David Bruckner (2021)

The abyss wonders about you.

The Protégé dir. Martin Campbell (2021)

Justifying the means.

Reminiscence dir. Lisa Joy (2021)

Jacked into some blurry sense of what is.

Star Trek: Lower Decks – “Strange Energies” (2021)

Some humans are better cartoons.

Star Trek: Discovery – Season 3 (2020)

The rubber band can only extend so far.

Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 1 (2020)

A layercake of evocation.

Loki (2021)

Collar time and broken horns.

Star Wars: The Bad Batch (2021)

The accepted configuration is showing.

New Fiction 2021 – July

“Revisited, Part One” by Anonymous (2003)

You can hear the same story a hundred times and find a different telling.

“Ha’mara” by Kevin G. Summers (2003)

If the song is of a genuine soul.

“The Orb of Opportunity” by Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels (2003)

The end result can’t be known.

“Broken Oaths” by Keith R. A. DeCandido (2003)

Festering is in poor taste, but satisfying nonetheless.

“… Loved I Not Honor More” by Christopher L. Bennett (2003)

Do not forget yourself.

“Three Sides to Every Story” by Terri Osborne (2003)

The world is replete with tragic ends.

“The Devil You Know” by Heather Jarman (2003)

Is the price the only penance?

“Foundlings” by Jeffrey Lang (2003)

A flow chart’s inevitable path.

“Chiaroscuro” by Geoffrey Thorne (2003)

The center cannot hold behind a locked door.

“Face Value” by Una McCormack (2003)

The enemy of my enemy is my necessity.

“The Calling” by Andrew J. Robinson (2003)

Touring farm houses in a tornado.

“Revisited, Part Two” by Anonymous (2003)

After all, you knew.

“Dissection-chan” by Junji Ito (2015)

The soil is purest where we cannot see.

“Blackbird” by Junji Ito (2015)

It’s anchored to the middle.

“Magami Nanakuse” by Junji Ito (2015)

Follow, like, and stay home.

“Whispering Woman” by Junji Ito (2015)

Trust the stranger to provide a whisper.

“Security Booth” dev. Kyle Horwood (2021)

I cannot abandon the sense of place.

Simply Mindy dev. Sexums (2016)

If fucking is the objective, what is the journey?

Zola dir. Janicza Bravo (2021)

Perhaps a respite from the utter seriousness of the pursuers.

A Quiet Place Part II dir. John Krasinski (2021)

The hero is always going to find themselves alone.

Black Widow dir. Cate Shortland (2021)

Circle around to the time warp.

F9 dir. Justin Lin (2021)

The bloat of certainty.

Pig dir. Michael Sarnoski (2021)

The sheen of asphalt has never been so inviting.

Old dir. M. Night Shyamalan (2021)

You could’ve left us wanting.

Snake Eyes dir. Robert Schwentke (2021)

A missed connection.

Jungle Cruise dir. Jaume Collet-Serra (2021)

The rope sags most in the middle.

New Fiction 2021 – July

“Revisited, Part One” by Anonymous (2003)

You can hear the same story a hundred times and find a different telling.

“Ha’mara” by Kevin G. Summers (2003)

If the song is of a genuine soul.

“The Orb of Opportunity” by Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels (2003)

The end result can’t be known.

“Broken Oaths” by Keith R. A. DeCandido (2003)

Festering is in poor taste, but satisfying nonetheless.

“… Loved I Not Honor More” by Christopher L. Bennett (2003)

Do not forget yourself.

“Three Sides to Every Story” by Terri Osborne (2003)

The world is replete with tragic ends.

“The Devil You Know” by Heather Jarman (2003)

Is the price the only penance?

“Foundlings” by Jeffrey Lang (2003)

A flow chart’s inevitable path.

“Chiaroscuro” by Geoffrey Thorne (2003)

The center cannot hold behind a locked door.

“Face Value” by Una McCormack (2003)

The enemy of my enemy is my necessity.

“The Calling” by Andrew J. Robinson (2003)

Touring farm houses in a tornado.

“Revisited, Part Two” by Anonymous (2003)

After all, you knew.

“Dissection-chan” by Junji Ito (2015)

The soil is purest where we cannot see.

“Blackbird” by Junji Ito (2015)

It’s anchored to the middle.

“Magami Nanakuse” by Junji Ito (2015)

Follow, like, and stay home.

“Whispering Woman” by Junji Ito (2015)

Trust the stranger to provide a whisper.

“Security Booth” dev. Kyle Horwood (2021)

I cannot abandon the sense of place.

Simply Mindy dev. Sexums (2016)

If fucking is the objective, what is the journey?

Zola dir. Janicza Bravo (2021)

Perhaps a respite from the utter seriousness of the pursuers.

A Quiet Place Part II dir. John Krasinski (2021)

The hero is always going to find themselves alone.

Black Widow dir. Cate Shortland (2021)

Circle around to the time warp.

F9 dir. Justin Lin (2021)

The bloat of certainty.

Pig dir. Michael Sarnoski (2021)

The sheen of asphalt has never been so inviting.

Old dir. M. Night Shyamalan (2021)

You could’ve left us wanting.

Snake Eyes dir. Robert Schwentke (2021)

A missed connection.

Jungle Cruise dir. Jaume Collet-Serra (2021)

The rope sags most in the middle.

New Fiction 2021 – June

“What Is Remembered” by Alice Munro (2001)

Edge of the continent.

“Old Babes in the Wood” by Margaret Atwood (2021)

The vortex of paternal effort.

Altered Egos by Kenneth Girard (1983)

Every which way but alone.

“The Ghoul Man” by Jaime Hernandez (2002)

The niche less discovered.

“Futon” by Junji Ito (2015)

A safe place to dream.

“Wooden Spirit” by Junji Ito (2015)

The rule is it hurts no one else.

“Tomio • Red Turtleneck” by Junji Ito (2015)

You chase the tiger.

“Gentle Goodbye” by Junji Ito (2015)

A torturous self-indulgence.

If On A Winter’s Night, Four Travelers dev. Dead Idle Games (2021)

Drawn to the fallen.

“Are You Lost in the World Like Me?” dir. Steve Cutts (2017)

A certain point of view.

Fatherhood dir. Paul Weitz (2021)

The familial duty.

Hachi: A Dog’s Tale dir. Lasse Hallström (2009)

Attributes admired and forgotten.

The Squid and the Whale dir. Noah Baumbach (2005)

The fools whose voices rise like foam.

La Rosa de Guadalupe – “Cachito de lotería” (2018)

Credit to the spirit, blame to the flesh.

Dr. Cándido Pérez – “El premio y el tesorito” (2021)

The nurse and the housekeeper deserve better.

New Fiction 2021 – June

“What Is Remembered” by Alice Munro (2001)

Edge of the continent.

“Old Babes in the Wood” by Margaret Atwood (2021)

The vortex of paternal effort.

Altered Egos by Kenneth Girard (1983)

Every which way but alone.

“The Ghoul Man” by Jaime Hernandez (2002)

The niche less discovered.

“Futon” by Junji Ito (2015)

A safe place to dream.

“Wooden Spirit” by Junji Ito (2015)

The rule is it hurts no one else.

“Tomio • Red Turtleneck” by Junji Ito (2015)

You chase the tiger.

“Gentle Goodbye” by Junji Ito (2015)

A torturous self-indulgence.

If On A Winter’s Night, Four Travelers dev. Dead Idle Games (2021)

Drawn to the fallen.

“Are You Lost in the World Like Me?” dir. Steve Cutts (2017)

A certain point of view.

Fatherhood dir. Paul Weitz (2021)

The familial duty.

Hachi: A Dog’s Tale dir. Lasse Hallström (2009)

Attributes admired and forgotten.

The Squid and the Whale dir. Noah Baumbach (2005)

The fools whose voices rise like foam.

La Rosa de Guadalupe – “Cachito de lotería” (2018)

Credit to the spirit, blame to the flesh.

Dr. Cándido Pérez – “El premio y el tesorito” (2021)

The nurse and the housekeeper deserve better.

New Fiction 2021 – May

What Remains of Edith Finch dev. Giant Sparrow (2017)

I told someone that this game is “great” and then realized that isn’t the word for a video game like this, because this isn’t fun or joyous in the way video games are held up to be, even though it is an artistic achievement for sure. But then, some parts are fun, and some parts are joyous, and should I feel guilt for feeling that when the overall work evokes sadness, tragedy, elation, catharsis? (I reckon art is a complicated conjuring in the mind of the audience.) It is a melange of words in many senses. An affirmation of life and its myriad roads to the same destination. A heck of a video game.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – The Fallen dev. The Collective (2000)

A story retold from a different point of view three times, even if the tellings are 75% identical. The first time is fresh and interesting, the second is about finding the similarities, and the third is acceptance of the inevitable trodding down the same ol’ path. It’s a third-person shooter of its era that kept reminding me of other contemporaries like American McGee’s Alice and Grand Theft Auto III. It’s probably the most successful in marrying the source material of Deep Space Nine to a mass market video game.

Bone Tomahawk dir. S. Craig Zahler (2015)

The scene, holy mackerel. Everything leading up to it is just a rad character study and dialogue gliding around on the wind. I don’t know what the state of the modern Western movie is per the critics but I’m sure this falls into some kind of deconstructive category, breaking the genre down into its elements and amping up two of the five or something. It builds the way short fiction builds, the feeling that something is going to happen, it’s going somewhere, and while some such works are content to let it float down to a gentle landing, this movie slams it down on the table.

New Fiction 2021 – May

What Remains of Edith Finch dev. Giant Sparrow (2017)

I told someone that this game is “great” and then realized that isn’t the word for a video game like this, because this isn’t fun or joyous in the way video games are held up to be, even though it is an artistic achievement for sure. But then, some parts are fun, and some parts are joyous, and should I feel guilt for feeling that when the overall work evokes sadness, tragedy, elation, catharsis? (I reckon art is a complicated conjuring in the mind of the audience.) It is a melange of words in many senses. An affirmation of life and its myriad roads to the same destination. A heck of a video game.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – The Fallen dev. The Collective (2000)

A story retold from a different point of view three times, even if the tellings are 75% identical. The first time is fresh and interesting, the second is about finding the similarities, and the third is acceptance of the inevitable trodding down the same ol’ path. It’s a third-person shooter of its era that kept reminding me of other contemporaries like American McGee’s Alice and Grand Theft Auto III. It’s probably the most successful in marrying the source material of Deep Space Nine to a mass market video game.

Bone Tomahawk dir. S. Craig Zahler (2015)

The scene, holy mackerel. Everything leading up to it is just a rad character study and dialogue gliding around on the wind. I don’t know what the state of the modern Western movie is per the critics but I’m sure this falls into some kind of deconstructive category, breaking the genre down into its elements and amping up two of the five or something. It builds the way short fiction builds, the feeling that something is going to happen, it’s going somewhere, and while some such works are content to let it float down to a gentle landing, this movie slams it down on the table.

New Fiction 2021 – April

A Stitch in Time by Andrew J. Robinson (2000)

Star Trek x Godfather II.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Crossroads of Time dev. Novotrade International (1995)

I don’t know where to land here. It’s frustrating until it’s not because one must practice and fail repeatedly to make progress, which is the nature of the thing. Can I hate it for being what it is? Regardless, all these characters and stories make no sense unless the television show is top of mind.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Harbinger dev. Stormfront Studios (1996)

Everything is as stiff as a board, which constraints of the era demanded of it. However, as above, knowledge of the show and its relationships enrich the experience, and in that scenario it is perhaps worth the journey. Special shouts to the writers and voice actors who elevate this several notches above where it appears it should be.

“Burrow” dir. Madeline Sharafian (2020)

It’s to let them help me.

“Genius Loci” dir. Adrien Merigeau (2019)

Sharing space, understanding and regret.

“Opera” dir. Erick Oh (2020)

We’re vital members of society.

“If anything happens I love you” dir. Will McCormack & Michael Govier (2020)

Our capacity is bottomless.

“Já-Fólkið” dir. Gísli Darri (2020)

To exist together.

“Kapaemahu” dir. Kanaka (2020)

A divided people.

“The Snail and the Whale” dir. Max Lang & Daniel Snaddon (2020)

I don’t know. I think it would be nice to have someone.

“To: Gerard” dir. Taylor Meacham (2020)

You really can’t know, so be good.

“The Present” dir. Farah Nabulsi (2020)

The simple fucking dignity.

“Feeling Through” dir. Doug Roland (2020)

You know what they say about life.

“Two Distant Strangers” dir. Travon Free & Martin Desmond Roe (2020)

Trapped because the trawler net stretches back centuries.

“Ayn Levana” dir. Tomer Shushan (2020)

What’s important to you.

“The Letter Room” dir. Elvira Lind (2020)

The fascination is real, as are the consequences.

“Monsters in The Dark” dir. Apollonia Thomaier (2021)

Trust is closely guarded.

“The Tell-Tale Heart” dir. Ted Parmelee (1953)

Everyone has the eye, the eye.

“Captain Yajima” dir. Worthikids (2021)

A master of the craft.

The Pianist dir. Roman Polanski (2002)

Humans,

The Journey of Natty Gann dir. Jeremy Kagan (1985)

If father abandons then father pays.

Aeon Flux dir. Karyn Kusama (2005)

Watch The Invitation.

Lucky dir. Natasha Kermani (2021)

You don’t believe, you don’t believe, you don’t believe.

A New Leaf dir. Elaine May (1971)

The rich man’s legacy.

The Dig dir. Simon Stone (2021)

Let the man dig.

Shipwrecked dir. Nils Gaup (1990)

Keep it under the mattress.

Godzilla vs. Kong dir. Adam Wingard (2021)

Challenged by the mere notion.

Avalon dir. Mamoru Oshii (2001)

It’s only real when you accept that longing is the source of your melancholy.

Nobody dir. Ilya Naishuller (2021)

A middle-aged fantasy.

The Fog dir. John Carpenter (1980)

The blame is always there.

Blood Simple dir. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (1984)

Desperate measures call for desperate times.

Rango dir. Gore Verbinski (2011)

Performance is the essence of our existence.

The Black Cauldron dir. Ted Berman & Richard Rich (1984)

It must be nice to be born of potential.

Batman: The Killing Joke dir. Sam Liu (2016)

Barb deserves better, but so does any woman in these stories.

Tangled dir. Nathan Greno & Byron Howard (2010)

Youth is a prison.

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run dir. Tim Hill (2020)

Of a different era of celebrity appearances.

Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown dir. Bill Melendez & Phil Roman (1977)

The gas crisis as a repressed memory.

La Casa Lobo dir. Cristóbal León & Joaquín Cociña (2018)

Horrifying history through art, I tell you.

Seoul Station dir. Yeon Sang-ho (2016)

I didn’t see it coming.

The Last Unicorn dir. Arthur Rankin Jr. & Jules Bass (1982)

Quite a mood in this one. Ethereal and lonesome.

Fantastic Planet dir. René Laloux (1973)

Takes me back to the Heavy Metal movie and how strange and different it felt from everything, except of course this begat all of that which arrived in the late seventies and eighties.

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)

The new Agent Carter gets shafted in these stories, so I sincerely hope they don’t drop the ball again.

New Fiction 2021 – April

A Stitch in Time by Andrew J. Robinson (2000)

Star Trek x Godfather II.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Crossroads of Time dev. Novotrade International (1995)

I don’t know where to land here. It’s frustrating until it’s not because one must practice and fail repeatedly to make progress, which is the nature of the thing. Can I hate it for being what it is? Regardless, all these characters and stories make no sense unless the television show is top of mind.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Harbinger dev. Stormfront Studios (1996)

Everything is as stiff as a board, which constraints of the era demanded of it. However, as above, knowledge of the show and its relationships enrich the experience, and in that scenario it is perhaps worth the journey. Special shouts to the writers and voice actors who elevate this several notches above where it appears it should be.

“Burrow” dir. Madeline Sharafian (2020)

It’s to let them help me.

“Genius Loci” dir. Adrien Merigeau (2019)

Sharing space, understanding and regret.

“Opera” dir. Erick Oh (2020)

We’re vital members of society.

“If anything happens I love you” dir. Will McCormack & Michael Govier (2020)

Our capacity is bottomless.

“Já-Fólkið” dir. Gísli Darri (2020)

To exist together.

“Kapaemahu” dir. Kanaka (2020)

A divided people.

“The Snail and the Whale” dir. Max Lang & Daniel Snaddon (2020)

I don’t know. I think it would be nice to have someone.

“To: Gerard” dir. Taylor Meacham (2020)

You really can’t know, so be good.

“The Present” dir. Farah Nabulsi (2020)

The simple fucking dignity.

“Feeling Through” dir. Doug Roland (2020)

You know what they say about life.

“Two Distant Strangers” dir. Travon Free & Martin Desmond Roe (2020)

Trapped because the trawler net stretches back centuries.

“Ayn Levana” dir. Tomer Shushan (2020)

What’s important to you.

“The Letter Room” dir. Elvira Lind (2020)

The fascination is real, as are the consequences.

“Monsters in The Dark” dir. Apollonia Thomaier (2021)

Trust is closely guarded.

“The Tell-Tale Heart” dir. Ted Parmelee (1953)

Everyone has the eye, the eye.

“Captain Yajima” dir. Worthikids (2021)

A master of the craft.

The Pianist dir. Roman Polanski (2002)

Humans,

The Journey of Natty Gann dir. Jeremy Kagan (1985)

If father abandons then father pays.

Aeon Flux dir. Karyn Kusama (2005)

Watch The Invitation.

Lucky dir. Natasha Kermani (2021)

You don’t believe, you don’t believe, you don’t believe.

A New Leaf dir. Elaine May (1971)

The rich man’s legacy.

The Dig dir. Simon Stone (2021)

Let the man dig.

Shipwrecked dir. Nils Gaup (1990)

Keep it under the mattress.

Godzilla vs. Kong dir. Adam Wingard (2021)

Challenged by the mere notion.

Avalon dir. Mamoru Oshii (2001)

It’s only real when you accept that longing is the source of your melancholy.

Nobody dir. Ilya Naishuller (2021)

A middle-aged fantasy.

The Fog dir. John Carpenter (1980)

The blame is always there.

Blood Simple dir. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (1984)

Desperate measures call for desperate times.

Rango dir. Gore Verbinski (2011)

Performance is the essence of our existence.

The Black Cauldron dir. Ted Berman & Richard Rich (1984)

It must be nice to be born of potential.

Batman: The Killing Joke dir. Sam Liu (2016)

Barb deserves better, but so does any woman in these stories.

Tangled dir. Nathan Greno & Byron Howard (2010)

Youth is a prison.

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run dir. Tim Hill (2020)

Of a different era of celebrity appearances.

Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown dir. Bill Melendez & Phil Roman (1977)

The gas crisis as a repressed memory.

La Casa Lobo dir. Cristóbal León & Joaquín Cociña (2018)

Horrifying history through art, I tell you.

Seoul Station dir. Yeon Sang-ho (2016)

I didn’t see it coming.

The Last Unicorn dir. Arthur Rankin Jr. & Jules Bass (1982)

Quite a mood in this one. Ethereal and lonesome.

Fantastic Planet dir. René Laloux (1973)

Takes me back to the Heavy Metal movie and how strange and different it felt from everything, except of course this begat all of that which arrived in the late seventies and eighties.

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)

The new Agent Carter gets shafted in these stories, so I sincerely hope they don’t drop the ball again.