Regardless of opinion, Luca Guadagnino’s Queer will be one of the wildest films of this year.
Review: ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ Positively Crosses Boundaries
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse (dir. Joaquim dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson) is the long-awaited sequel to 2019’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse (dir. Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, and Bob Persichetti). The story picks up about a year after the last movie left off, as Miles (Shameik Moore) navigates his sophomore year of high school, keeping up with his family, and being Spider-Man. But this time around there’s one big difference: he’s doing it all by himself, without his friends from the Spider-verse. Or at least, that’s how things start out. But since when does anything go according to plan?
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Review: ‘The French Dispatch’ Is a Love Letter to Writers Who Cover the Extraordinary
There is a joy in settling down to read a special newspaper or magazine article, one where you know the writer is cataloging the unordinary. Something about an everyday medium that normally covers topics and records events we consider commonplace (sports, politics, violent crimes, etc.) instead chronicling astonishment and intrigue is uniquely appealing—perhaps because it reminds us that the world is not constantly a cold, dull place. Two of my favorite examples of these are “The ballad of the Chowchilla bus kidnapping,” which recounts the hijacking of a school bus and the nationwide fervor that followed, and “Pellet Ice is the Good Ice,” which takes a deep dive into a kind of ice cube that’s hard to come by and unrivaled in quality.
UW Film Club Podcast #73: The Grand Budapest Hotel
“Rudeness is merely the expression of fear. People fear they won’t get what they want. The most dreadful and unattractive person only needs to listen to the UW Film Club Podcast and they will open up like a flower.”
After a hearty yet incomplete debate of “Why Wes Anderson?” in our last podcast, we decided to take a trip to Wes Anderson’s most well-known and astounding film, ‘Grand Budapest Hotel.’ Continue reading “UW Film Club Podcast #73: The Grand Budapest Hotel”
UW Film Club Podcast #72: Rushmore
“I guess you’ve just gotta find something you love to do and then… do it for the rest of your life. For me, it’s to podcast!”
With the school year coming to a close, we decided we will be kicking off our 2021 summer podcast series with a look back to our high school angst with Wes Anderson’s second feature film ‘Rushmore.’ Continue reading “UW Film Club Podcast #72: Rushmore”