Culture Warrior: The Contemporary Auteur, Part 2
Last week I wrote about the history of the auteur theory and its strengths and weaknesses when applied to actual… Read More
March 30, 2010
Culture Warrior
Culture Warrior: The Contemporary Auteur, Part 1
Last month as I sat down to watch Scorsese’s Shutter Island with the rest of the Austin-based Reject crew, Lost… Read More
March 23, 2010
Culture Warrior: The Paradoxical Importance of Film Festivals
Since our resident genius Landon Palmer is out on the town this week at South By Southwest, I am foolishly… Read More
March 16, 2010
Culture Warrior: Kathryn Bigelow’s Next Move
For an industry that is viewed reductively by much of middle America as being politically left-leaning to the point of… Read More
March 9, 2010
Culture Warrior: The Coens’ Uncertainty Principle
“The Uncertainty Principle: It proves we can’t ever really know what’s going on.” As illustrated by this scene in the Coens’… Read More
March 2, 2010
Culture Warrior: Twists, Tricks, and Surprises
Editor’s Note: This article may contain hints, tips and clues about the ending of Shutter Island. We don’t think they’re… Read More
February 23, 2010
Culture Warrior: Please, Don’t Call ‘The Hurt Locker’ an Arthouse Film
Try as I might, I can’t quite get over the fact that The Hurt Locker only made $12.6 million in… Read More
February 16, 2010
Culture Warrior: On Hollywood and Cheating
Editor’s Note: The following article features possible spoilers on Dear John, 2012, Amelia, and The Lovely Bones. You’ve been warned.I typically… Read More
February 9, 2010
Culture Warrior: Dressing Up the Twentieth Century
It’s easy to suspend disbelief with a costume drama. To watch films about European aristocrats of previous centuries gussied up… Read More
February 2, 2010