A Tribe Called Quest: “The Space Program” (2016)
I love the sound and style of hip-hop, but go through long periods without listening to a lot of hip-hop. In large part, that’s because its pervasive misogyny and [...]
November 2016
Badham: Bird on a Wire (1990)
With so much nostalgia currently circulating around the 1990s, it’s easy to forget that the 1990s were themselves a highly nostalgic period. As Baby Boomers were coming of [...]
Ten things I love about the Art Institute of Chicago sequence in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
1. The arrival of a new world Throughout this most intoxicating of 80s comedies, Ferris, Sloane and Cameron quiver on the verge of a world of images. Every scene is on the [...]
Maguire: Bridget Jones’s Baby (2016)
There’s something strange about seeing Bridget Jones on the big screen after all these years. Strange, because it seems as if she should have returned for a third film much [...]
Altman: Vincent and Theo (1990)
Robert Altman’s Vincent and Theo occupies a curious position within his filmography. At the time, it was regarded as a return to form after a series of critical and [...]