Tag: Jordan Peele

• Influencer Does Something New

  

  A film made by an ambivalent digital native, Influencer sees through the all-too-common and frankly dull Gen X critique of social media influencers as an occupation emblematic of social decline or capitalistic excess (which is true, but nonetheless a tired critique). That’s not to say director Kurtis David Harder, who has enjoyed a quite successful career so…

  Joshua Polanski

  May 24, 2023

  Cinema, Reviews

  Boston Hassle, Cassandra Naud, Emily Tennant, Influencer, Jordan Peele, Kurtis David Harder, Shudder, Tesh Guttikonda

• Give Me More: 2022 Releases in Review So Far

  

  And the frontrunners are…

  Joshua Polanski

  August 20, 2022

  Cinema, Essays, Reviews

  2022 in Film, Adam Sandler, Ambulance, Anatolian Leopard, Andrew Ahn, Angela M. Catanzaro, Ava Berkofsky, Baltasar Kormákur, Baz Luhrmann, Beast, Bobbi Kitten, Carter, Cha Cha Real Smooth, Channing Tatum, Channing Tatum and Reid Carolin, Claudia Castello, Claudio Miranda, Cooper Raiff, Dakota Johnson, Dan Trachtenberg, Dennis Gassner, Dog, Don Macpherson, drone, Eddie Hamilton, Elvis, End of Year Lists, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Fire Island, Hustle, Indian Cinema, James Chinlund, Jarin Blaschke, Jeong Byeong-Gil, Jeremiah Zagar, Jersey, Jonathan Redmond, Jordan Peele, Joseph Kosinski, Josephine Decker, Juancho Hernangómez, K.K. Senthil Kumar, Katie Hickman, Larkin Seiple, Lists, Mad God, Matt Reeves, Matt Villa, MCU, Michael Bay, Moonfall, Netflix, Nope, Paul Rogers, Phil Tippett, Prey, Reid Carolin, Robert Eggers, Roland Emmerich, Ron Howard, RRR, Ruth De Jong, Scott Derrickson, SS Rajamouli, Streaming Wars, Taika Waititi, The Batman, The Black Phone, The Daniels, The Gray Man, The Northman, The Russo Brothers, The Sky is Everywhere, Thirteen Lives, Thor: Love and Thunder, Top Gun: Maverick, Uğur Polat, vfx, visual effects, William Nicholson, Year Enders