6 posts tagged ‘david’
We should all follow Paul Schrader's lead and write film reviews while on Ambien
AV Club,
Right now, the future of arts criticism seems more uncertain than ever. Public opinion is being sourced from Tiktok, YouTube, and Rotten Tomatoes, a notoriously faulty and easily gameable system. Legacy sites like Pitchfork are crumbling at an alarming rate. But throughout it all, one thing remains certain: the appeal… Read more...
A Murder At The End Of The World recap: Darby makes “the big old mistake”
[Editor’s note: This recap, like all recaps on The A.V. Club, contains spoilers.] Read more...
A Murder At The End Of The World recap: Darby drills down in the show's best episode yet
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A Murder At The End Of The World recap: For Darby Hart, the game is finally afoot
The game is finally afoot At The End Of The World, with writers Brit Marling, Zal Batmanglij, and Melanie Marnich focusing on the mystery at hand rather than the one in Darby’s book. Filling in gaps is undoubtedly essential to this story, but the dual narrative was exhausting in those exposition-filled openers.… Read more...
Next Goal Wins review: Taika Waititi returns to his roots
The marketing for Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins promotes the film as an underdog sports comedy about an ill-fated South Pacific soccer team, full of the highs and mostly lows of a struggling squad trying to make good. Revisiting the fallout from the worst loss in World Cup history—when Australia defeated American… Read more...
A Murder At The End Of The World premiere: Gen Z Sherlock is on the case
A Murder At The End Of The World starts at a disadvantage. Opening with a Doors song will do that to you, especially the one echoing Apocalypse Now. As a needle drop, the Doors are a blunt object. A Murder At The End Of The World uses “The End” like a sledgehammer. Read more...