by Dahlia Schweitzer | Sep 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
I tried. I made it to the start of episode four, but then I had to give up. I feel terrible for trying, and I feel terrible for not trying hard enough (to finish) – mainly because then I can’t eloquently argue for how much worse it gets. But here we are. I watched...
by Dahlia Schweitzer | Jan 9, 2023 | Journal
Warning: SPOILERS. Anya Taylor-Joy as Margot and Nicholas Hoult as Tyler in The Menu (Mark Mylod, 2022). “In her absolutely splendid novel Alif the Unseen, G. Willow Wilson has a character ask whether a given book counts as eastern literature....
by Dahlia Schweitzer | Dec 22, 2022 | Journal
“The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.”—Edgar Allan Poe WARNING: Graphic photos and descriptions within. Seventy-six years ago, almost to the day, a passerby discovered the body of 22-year-old Elizabeth Short in a...
by Dahlia Schweitzer | Dec 4, 2022 | Journal
Warning: SPOILERS. Olivia Wilde as Bunny and Chris Pine as Frank in Don’t Worry Darling. I just watched Don’t Worry Darling, Olivia Wilde’s recent film, and much to my surprise, I loved it. Like many others out there, I was guilty of assuming that the film...
by Dahlia Schweitzer | Nov 21, 2022 | Journal
When I google reviews of Tár, the first one that comes up proclaims, in all caps, “TAR is a MASTERPIECE.” Subsequent reviews are as glowing if not as effusive. Each one makes me wonder if I saw a different movie. Directed by Todd Field, who supposedly wrote the film...
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