Tweet So Jezebel has done a riff on my article in Splice Today (“The Death of the Working Woman?”), and cited it again in another post this week! Thanks, Jezebel! To be honest, the article was not my finest work. I was merely reacting to some personal observations: there are a lot of productive, innovative [...]
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Mika, Michael and The Celebrities That Would Be Gay
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on July 29th, 2009
Tweet UPDATE (3/8/10): It’s raining closet-fleeing celebrities! Sean Hayes has come out, awkwardly. He claims the gay community, through the gay media, put too much pressure on him. I disagree, of course. Regardless his reticence probably cost him a few jobs, though who knows; he’s a character actor. Is Matt Bomer next? UPDATE (1/13/10): Michael [...]
Homophobia = Boring
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on July 16th, 2009
Tweet Little Ashes (Grade: B-), Brüno (Grade: B-) If I’ve learned anything in the last week, it’s that homophobia in film can be so terribly boring. Okay, I knew that already. Honestly, what is state of gay cinema if homophobia is not the cornerstone of every plot line? I don’t know; I think it looks [...]
Rage Against the Doctors
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on July 1st, 2009
Tweet Three new medically-themed shows arrive at just the right cultural moment. [Nurse Jackie (Grade: A-), Royal Pains (Grade: B), HawthoRNe (Grade: C+)] Americans hate journalists and bankers. As a journalist whose best friend is a banker, this sometimes gets under my skin. But it makes perfect sense, and far be it for me to [...]
Not Your Tween’s High School Musical
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on May 21st, 2009
Tweet If the creators keep things strange, Glee could be a great show. (Grade: B+) Twitter was all abuzz Tuesday night after Adam Lambert proved Kris Allen is about as interesting as a country biscuit. After Allen put America to sleep, we awoke to Fox’s latest bit of derivative television: Glee. Glee follows the struggles [...]
Know Your Movie Arithmetic
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on May 13th, 2009
Tweet Calculate whether or not you should see a movie I am smart enough to know numbers are just as fallible and slippery as opinions, but I’m coming out as a closet numbers-fetishist. I love polls. Statistics, graphs and charts are sexy. I am also know that movies are expensive these days, a serious investment [...]
This Old French House: Summer Hours review
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on May 8th, 2009
Tweet Summer Hours (dir. Olivier Assayas) Summer Hours tackles surprisingly rich themes for its superficially stereotypical setting and concerns. (Grade: A-) The marketing for Summer Hours traffics in well-worn French clichés: a summer house in the south, plenty of wine, and well-aged French people with useless jobs in the arts, academy and design. There are [...]
Recession Film Formula: Mad Men
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on May 6th, 2009
Tweet Angry Men Helm This Year’s Breakout Hits By Aymar Jean Christian Summer movies are upon us, and with a full five months of blockbusters, we’re beginning to see what a hit is in this economy. Let’s take note of the breakouts so far: Knowing, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Taken,Fast and Furious, and now Wolverine. Notice a trend? All [...]
Il Divo: If Scorsese Married Welles…
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on April 30th, 2009
Tweet Aymar Jean Christian Il Divo is the best political mafia movie in years. (Grade: A-) Visit Splice Today It’s a cliché to label directors as sons and daughters of other ones, but it seems appropriate in the case of Paolo Sorrentino, because his films are so concerned with style—lighting, framing, camerawork—and creating a viewing experience [...]
‘The Soloist’ (review)
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on April 24th, 2009
Tweet Save Journalism and This Homeless Guy Aymar Jean Christian Do your duty and see The Soloist. (Grade: B-) Here in Philadelphia, it feels like The Soloist has been on our minds for months. Los Angeles Times reporter Steve Lopez’s book has been this year’s “one book, one Philadelphia” choice—citywide book club—and so the movie has enjoyed [...]
