Charles Bramesco
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HBO's Engrossing 'Ren Faire' Is A Grand Statement On The Uniquely American Addiction To Work
By Charles Bramesco •"What is a king without his kingdom?" -
Bad Vibrations: 'The Beach Boys' Documentary Is Mike Love Propaganda
By Charles Bramesco • 298 SharesWhat would appear on its surface to be a basic synopsis of a well-covered music-world saga betrays a more pernicious slant in its subtler omissions, emphases, and selective framings. -
'Furiosa' Review: George Miller's Latest High Octane Opera Is Supercharged With Lunatic Intensity
By Charles Bramesco •High on exhaust and the limitless capabilities of cinema, this no-brakes franchise keeps careening onward as if it could run forever. -
Throwback
'Big Wolf On Campus' at 25: Reflecting Back on The Show That Was The Canadian Equivalent of 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer'
By Charles Bramesco •“Watching them now, the episodes feel like home movies.” -
Queue And A
'Spermworld' Director Lance Oppenheim Successfully Walks The Line Between Cringe Comedy and Sincere Pathos
By Charles Bramesco •“I’ll never look at an abandoned mall or a Macy’s parking lot the same way again. People could be donating sperm anywhere.” -
The Razzies: Mean-Spirited Mischief Makers or A Necessary Counterweight To The Stuffy, Self-Serious Oscars?
By Charles Bramesco •The Criterion Channel's "And The Razzie Goes To..." collection has lent legitimacy to this polarizing institution. -
'The Curse' Finale Reveals The Pulsating Core of Deep Sadness At The Center of Nathan Fielder's Oeuvre
By Charles Bramesco •The Curse removes the unscripted variable from the equation, as well as the accusations of exploitation. -
Take Two
'Planet Terror' Was Overshadowed By 'Death Proof', But Robert Rodriguez's Clarion Call of Carnage Endures
By Charles Bramesco •It’s a dicey game, trying to do the so-bad-it’s-good thing on purpose. -
Throwback
'Carnivále' at 20: It's High Time To Dust Off This Dust Bowl Classic
By Charles Bramesco • 156 SharesThis grand entrée to the Golden Age of premium cable was ahead of its time, debuting right before the Internet overhauled fandom and its place in the culture at... -
'How To With John Wilson' Season 3 Provides One Final Reminder That Wondrous, Gross, And Miraculous Things Remain Abundant In New York City
By Charles Bramesco •As Wilson watches a way of life going extinct in slow motion, he entrusts whatever remains of New York’s future to its most valuable, self-replenishing resource: its people. -
Cult Corner
Tim Robinson's Brand Of Angry Alienation On 'I Think You Should Leave' Is Really An Overeager Grasp for Friendship In The Midst of Extreme Loneliness
By Charles Bramesco •These black-and-white literalists seek to make society's unspoken rules work to their advantage. -
Decider Lists
The Shape of Streaming to Come: Cannes Film Festival 2023 Final Report
By Charles Bramesco •Some highlights: a South Korean somnambulant freakshow, a big juicy bite of the forbidden fruit in from France, and a critically-beloved comedy of despair from Finland. -
Cannes Film Festival 2023: 'Asteroid City' Finds Wes Anderson Casting His Eyes Towards The Night Sky
By Charles Bramesco •"You can't wake up if you don't fall asleep." -
Cannes Film Festival 2023: 'Killers of the Flower Moon' Is Martin Scorsese's Umpteenth Masterpiece Exploring the Gnarled Mechanics of Crime
By Charles Bramesco •Transgression, absolution, and redemption form the main pillars of the Scorsese canon, and they bear the load of a heaving tragedy once again in the case of this epic. -
Decider After Dark
Cannes Film Festival 2023: The Infamously Bawdy 'Caligula: The Ultimate Cut' Was Screened — And Dozens Of Cowards Walked Out
By Charles Bramesco • 3637 SharesThe filth connoisseurs among the Cannes press corps came together as one moviegoing nation, under a half-naked Helen Mirren, indivisible, with degeneracy and perversion for all. -
Cannes Film Festival 2023: Molly Manning Walker's 'How To Have Sex' Plays Like An Episode of 'Love Island' Directed By Éric Rohmer
By Charles Bramesco •Licensing movies like this could really help MUBI break out of the realm of niche streamers. -
'Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical' Hilariously Spoofs The Infamous Propaganda Film, But Also Has Something Serious To Say About Prohibition
By Charles Bramesco • 400 SharesHere, a single toke of the "demon weed" sends wayward souls off to the races of damnation. -
The Pessimism Of 'Party Down' Season 3 Plays Particularly Well In These 'Ted Lasso' Times
By Charles Bramesco •At a time when kindness and sincerity have taken hold of the sitcom standard-bearers, the sober pessimism of Party Down returns as a bold tonic. -
Stream and Scream
'Skinamarink' Is An Extremely Online, Word-of-Mouth, Lo-Fi Horror Sensation
By Charles Bramesco •Reddit and TikTok are going bonkers for this low budget indie that's been acquired by Shudder. -
Throwback
'Kundun' at 25: Martin Scorsese's Portrait Of The Dalai Lama As A Young Man
By Charles Bramesco •That bootlicking Disney CEO Michael Eisner branded this movie a "stupid mistake," but 25 years later, history has proven Scorsese the winner of this skirmish.