Eat Your Vegetables: "Roger & Me" (Moore, 1989)
"In a way, the film documents the toppling of an idol, an exposed god."
View ArticleEat Your Vegetables: "Doubt" (Shanley, 2008)
"The film ultimately believes in doubt, thus robbing both belief and doubt of their potency."
View ArticleEat Your Vegetables: "Badlands" (Malick, 1973)
"The movie about a young spree-killer and his 'along for the ride' girl gives us a way to think about how we relate to creatures who can’t overtly communicate."
View ArticleEat Your Vegetables: "Annie Hall," Romance, and Real Love
"I get the feeling that remembering what was supposedly great is far more fun that actually experiencing said greatness."
View ArticleEat Your Vegetables: The First Rule of Fighting Yourself…
"If I buy what the film's selling, then the only consolation I have is that at least I feel alive as the flames melt me."
View ArticleEat Your Vegetables: A Critique of Criticism
"But more than the film’s source for comedy, irony is at the heart of everything the film does."
View ArticleEat Your Vegetables: "Being John Malkovich," Being Puppets Without Strings
"It's not a fun truth that we all want to be somebody else. In fact, the film's black joke is even more depressing: given the opportunity, we would simply morph that new person into us."
View ArticleEat Your Vegetables: Adaptation (2002)
"For all of this witty meta-one-upsmanship, Adaptation does make two thought provoking points: adaptation involves all of us and it occurs outside of the conscious decision of any one person."
View ArticleEat Your Vegetables: Where are the Wild Things?
"Where the Wild Things Are is not a kids’ film. It’s an adult film about the moment where the adult world becomes tangible enough for a child to cause problems but too far away for the kid to do...
View ArticleEat Your Vegetables: Lola rennt and Dramatic Irony as Love's Performance
"This movie is conflicted. On the one hand, the movie tells us, "Don't think. Act." On the other hand, it shows us that when we don’t think, our actions have horrible consequences."
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