The Case For
The Case for: HBO’s ‘Watchmen’
Like many who read the graphic novel, I didn’t think Watchmen needed any kind of update. The graphic novel captured...
The Case For: Rob McElhenney Directs ‘Mythic Quest’ in a ‘Quarantine’
Rob McElhenney directed one of the very best episodes of television I've seen in the 2020 Emmy cycle. That episode...
The Case For: Hulu’s ‘Normal People’
On a basic level, Hulu's Normal People is simply the story of two high schoolers living in a small town in...
The Case For: Tony Dalton On ‘Better Call Saul’
"Tell me again. I just like to hear the story." With that line, Tony Dalton's Lalo Salamanca became a legend....
The Case For… Al Pacino in Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’
It's no overstatement to say Al Pacino is one of our greatest living actors. Hell, it's no grand statement to...
How to Defeat Evil? With Love and Laughter, the Case for Jojo Rabbit
Evil holds a strange and terrible appeal to young Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) in Taika Waititi’s brilliant satire Jojo Rabbit....
Cinema as Pure Art: The Case for 1917
If you put a hundred humans on an island to fight for survival or try to eke out a little...
California Dreaming: The Case for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Coming Clean and Telling the Truth — Shia LaBeouf’s Performance in Honey Boy Is One of the Strongest of the Year
The Case for… Larry Karaszewski and Scott Alexander’s Terrific Original Screenplay for ‘Dolemite Is My Name’
It's not often that a screenwriting team creates their own sub-genre, but that's exactly what the tandem of Larry Karaszewski...
The Case for… Jonathan Pryce in ‘The Two Popes’
When I first saw the trailer for Netflix's The Two Popes, I wasn't particularly encouraged. I felt the streaming network...
‘I Want You To Ruminate’ – The Case for Tracy Letts in ‘Ford v Ferrari’
Ford v Ferrari seems to be mostly talked about in awards circles for its tremendous craft work and lead performance by...
The Case For Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name
The Case for Michelle Pfeiffer
Give Michelle Pfeiffer her damn Oscar ! Michelle Pfeiffer’s still got it. Fact. A fact that may surprise nobody who...
The Case For Tiffany Haddish Best Supporting Actress Nod in ‘Girls’ Trip’
The Oscars made history in 2017 by awarding a record number of black artists, which showed tremendous progress when it...
In Celebration of Cinema as Art – Darren Aronofsky’s mother!
We live in an era of at-a-glance numerical assessment. Metacritic, CinemaScores, Rotten Tomatoes, and box office opening weekend tallies are...
“Color Didn’t Matter at NASA, You Were Only as Good as Your Last Answer” – The Case for: Hidden Figures
It took a hashtag, a boycott, and a massive membership shift to make the machine that drives the Oscar race...
Strangers in a Strange Land – The Case for Loving and Midnight Special
Taking the Crookeds with the Straights – the Case for Fences
August Wilson wanted to expand perceptions in America, to tell the stories that don't get told. Even though he began his...
