In his inaugural post for Quibblers & Scribblers, James Killough explains how American culture is compromised by confusing fictionalizations. Can ideologically unaligned storytellers guide people toward distinguishing fact from fiction?...
Ruben Östlund's 'Triangle of Sadness' is a stark, mocking rebuke for American pseudo-Marxists. Are they too righteous and "progressive" to listen?...
A portrait by Athol Shmith from 1957 establishes a personal connection with Helmut Newton's "mysterious" years in Melbourne. ...
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....
This week's sample-sized reviews of random filmed content gets personal. Ever wondered just how big and fat the Indian wedding market is? Killough was there from its birth to it's current behemoth size....
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....
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....
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....
The short 'n sweet about Pablo Larraín's 'Spencer,' Will Sharpe's 'The Electrical Life of Luis Main,' and 'Kin,' with Charlie Cox....
James Killough's life was shattered by the Taliban over thirty years ago. What is happening now at Kabul Airport brings it all back vividly....