New video essay examining the myth of the "alpha male" and how that false ideal is propagated through popular culture:

Politics, amiright?

Rian Johnson casually dropping a great jab at tons of misinformed Star Wars fans who think their values align with the Rebels, rather than the Empire

https://t.co/NLmW3PzV82

Hot take: The anachronistic helmet is one of the most interesting things in this otherwise visually bland trailer. He should’ve leaned much harder into surreal anachronisms. It is meant to be epic poetry after all.

https://t.co/U5UOnnQSmo

The Thor one even more so...

Is it just me or do these Marvel Doomsday teaser trailers look weirdly similar to AI slop?

Never forget that this movie gave us one of the funniest movie theater recordings ever

filmbro discourse is going to be INSUFFERABLE for like the next decade because of Nolan's Odyssey

I don't think desaturated gritty realism is a good fit for epic poetry

I love him and I will forever defend him

Wake Up Dead Man puts so much into perspective about Rian Johnson’s entire career for me. “That’s how we’re gonna win. Not fighting what we hate, saving what we love.” Could have been said by Father Jud and it would have made perfect sense. A truly beautiful artist.

Josh O’Connor calls THE LAST JEDI “so beautiful.” “The end of that movie - how anyone could be a Jedi... I just remember seeing that movie in the cinemas and I wept of that last image with the boy. It’s just one of the most iconic images in cinema” (Source: @letterboxd)

Have they all just chugged the kool-aid or is the tech + financial markets lobby forcing "AI" integration in a desperate bid to extend the bubble - because Firefox users absolutely DO NOT want this!

A lot of folks praising The Last Jedi on its 8th anniversary, and rightly so! A while back, I made a video essay about how the film subverted expectations of male action heroes. Star Wars fanboys have downvoted it to hell but I stand by everything I said.

I mean what are we talking about here

“Because these go to 11” That’s it. That’s the joke. And it became an eternal punchline. It’s a classic moment in Rob Reiner’s This Is Spinal Tap. Not just a comedy - it’s canon in film, music, culture. RIP Rob and Michelle Reiner.

Ok now I understand why Tarantino hates him so much

One of his biggest tells as a filmmaker is showing the same scene multiple times and I think I’m starting to catch whatever he has

I will never stop loving The Last Jedi. Never. Thank you Rian Johnson