PinnedDina PaulsoninFanfareJoel Edgerton’s ‘The Gift’ Gives Us a BullyThe Gift is among those films focused on human unfurling, which become a horror house of mirrors as you consider the work4 min read·Nov 25, 2023--1--1
PinnedDina PaulsoninFanfare‘Emily the Criminal’ Made Me Reflect On ‘Bonnie And Clyde’Bonnie (Faye Dunaway) and Clyde (Warren Beaty), of true story Bonnie And Clyde (1967), start the film as aspiring, subconscious criminals…3 min read·Sep 14, 2022----
PinnedDina PaulsoninCine SuffragetteJamie Lee Curtis As An Administrative Psychopath / Kindhearted Queer A.I? Yes, Please.A crazed auditor winning awards for said auditing, who regularly downs dubious-looking calcium drinks. A psychopath with an expertise in…3 min read·Jun 18, 2022----
PinnedDina PaulsoninFanfare7 Things Squid Game’s Ji-yeong and Kang Sae-byeok’s 30 Minutes Teach Us About HumanityThe thirty-minute marbles game in Episode Six of Squid Game (Netflix) killed me emotionally. (In millennial terms, I paused to tweet #wtf…5 min read·Oct 23, 2021--1--1
PinnedDina PaulsoninFanfareNow I Wanna Be Your Dog: Cruella Takeaways* Spoilers for Cruella (2021)5 min read·Jun 14, 2021--3--3
Dina PaulsoninFanfare‘Don’t Look Up’ Never Answers A Key Question: Why Is The Planet Worth Saving?Don’t Look Up (2021, Netflix) presumes the planet is worth saving. The film’s plot exists because of this idea; moveover, the fear…3 min read·Dec 31, 2021----
Dina PaulsonDoes Hating Brood X Make Us Xenophobes?Reflective/reflexive note on the italicized statements: These are literary visualizations based on feelings I expressed or heard neighbors…4 min read·Jul 18, 2021----
Dina PaulsoninCine SuffragetteForget Rio, Forget Dean — What if Beth Is End Game on NBC’s Good Girls?It is easy to say Beth Boland (Christina Hendricks) is caught between two men — her husband, Dean Boland (Matthew Lillard), her partner of…4 min read·Jun 25, 2021----
Dina PaulsoninCine SuffragetteWhat Doth A Villain Make: The Empathy Of Good Girls’ RioManny Montana invokes the pulse of his bone-tingling, sexcar-driving, laser-grinning, soft, intelligent Detroit crime boss Rio in…10 min read·Jun 3, 2021--1--1