All articles by this author
August 23, 2010
My dick is so small. Your dick is so small. Etc.
America is a country of overgrown boys, stunted and warped, who, left to their own devices, are fit to do little more than play video games, stare at pornography, and crack jokes about genitals, flatulence, and defecation. The country’s womenfolk match men’s obnoxious behavior with a reflexive shrewishness. They are ever vexed by anxiety about their diminishing horizons and fading looks.
April 23, 2010
What will the hipsters be remembered for?
Anderson has succumbed to the same Salinger syndrome that plagued the Tenenbaum kids. He proved himself a boy genius, and now he doesn’t want to grow up, and probably doesn’t know how. Perhaps he sensed that there is an artistic limit to the parody and decided that he’d rather cruise the high seas animating jellyfish than remove the faux from his earnestness.
March 31, 2010
The abortion does serve the ends of the romantic comedy plot through which Baumbach plods. Guilt nudges it along.
May 31, 2009
Kirn’s self-loathing often feels like self-congratulation. His whining frequently serves as an awkward setup for a boast.
March 27, 2008
Without the magic, Brockmeier’s stories would be glum mood pieces in which nothing much happened.
October 31, 2005
All three of Noah Baumbach’s films partake of the neighborhood and its pathologies.
June 27, 2005
Opening glimpses reveal the cruel world hasn’t stripped these aging hipsters of their faith in the promise of love.
May 7, 2005
A dark secret nags every twentysomething in a nylon jacket: One day you will marry, breed, button up, bloat.
March 20, 2005
Castration anxiety pervades the films of Woody Allen. It starts in the womb.
October 20, 2004
No more electoral college; no more red, blue, swing; no more U.S.A. . . this thing isn’t working.
