October 2, 2022
Noted: Anglican Homophobes, ‘Rings of Power’ and Beth Ditto
A selection of James Killough's prolific posts on Facebook, from the first week in September 2022. ...
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June 12, 2022
The Three‑Body Problem of ‘The Secrets of Dumbledore’
The final installment of the 'Fantastic Beasts' trilogy is a welcome evolution in the way gay men are portrayed in mass-market cinema. Sadly, there are other considerable problems that prevent it from its full potential as an instrument of change....
March 24, 2022
Quick Crit: ‘After Yang,’ ‘WeCrashed,’ and Tarun Tahiliani
This week's sample-sized reviews of random filmed content gets personal. If anyone's ever wondered just how big and fat the Indian wedding market is in monetary terms, we were there for its birth as a real industry in 1988....
January 23, 2022
‘1883’ and Its Pretzels of Conflict Between Anglos and Euros
Only midseason, the subtext about American cultural and racial relationships Taylor Sheridan's prequel to 'Yellowstone,' are already intellectually weighty enough for a few dissertations....
January 1, 2022
Oscar 2022: La Grande Tristezza of ‘The Hand of God’
In his most personal film to date, Paolo Sorrentino is too timid in confronting the depth of his grief, seemingly embarrassed of eliciting pathos. With more a truthful rawness, it could've been a masterpiece....
December 22, 2021
‘Being the Ricardos’ Tries Not to be About Cancel Culture. It Is.
Aaron Sorkin had the opportunity to create an incendiary cautionary tale about the terrors of wokeism, but he pulls back and plays it safe, even in interviews. So meta....
November 12, 2021
‘Spencer’: Through a Looking‑Glass, Darkly
The short 'n sweet about Pablo Larraín's 'Spencer,' Will Sharpe's 'The Electrical Life of Luis Main,' and 'Kin,' with Charlie Cox....
August 4, 2021
Quick Crit: ‘The Green Knight’ Is a Colossal Achievement
James Killough sorts through his social media posts for the end of July 2021, and finds treasures even amid the pandemic, most notably The Green Knight....
July 23, 2021
Despite Being Soapy, ‘The Cook of Castamar’ Whets My Appetite
The Netflix series is rightly being called "the Spanish Downton Abbey." It leaves James Killough hungry for more, but that's unlikely to happen....
July 16, 2021
The Week In Content: July 9 to 16, 2021
As random as ever, James Killough's list of content that he found notable enough to post on social media....