Not Another Teen Movie - Desire In Celine Sciamma’s WATER LILIES
Over a decade before she would make PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE, Sciamma was cutting her teeth on similar themes.
Tom Augustine
Join Date: Apr 28, 2017 • Last Entry Date: Feb 28, 2020 • Articles: 25
Tom Augustine is a filmmaker and reviewer who will gladly recite the entirety of The Lord of the Rings trilogy to you unprompted. Currently based in Auckland, New Zealand, Tom's heart remains in NYC, where he enjoys the way everything looks and sounds like movies he’d watch back home. Find him on Twitter at @tom_augustine.
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On THE SOPRANOS As Precipice Art
Twenty years since the premiere of its first episode, television’s great masterpiece continues to capture what it feels like to live in a society on the brink of collapse.
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The Magic Bullet: The Dangerous Power Of JFK
The conspiracy shocker remains a vital key to the national conversation – but not necessarily for the reasons it intended.
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BOJACK HORSEMAN Season Five Review – The Abyss
"I don’t know what’s real anymore. I don’t know if I care."
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Looking Back At A Fading Americana In JOE PERA TALKS WITH YOU
A look at the most unlikely Adult Swim show.
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The Timelessness Of GREASE
Musical fads come and go, so what exactly makes this rock’n’roll classic so everlasting?
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The Ghosts in Me: Specters of Loss and Oppression in A FANTASTIC WOMAN
Unpacking the scars of the past in this remarkable story of one woman’s dignity and and strength.
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Forth Eorlingas! THE TWO TOWERS Fifteen Years Later
How Peter Jackson created one of the best "middle" movies ever.
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Controlled Avalanches: FORCE MAJEURE And The Horror Of The Family Unit
Ruben Östlund’s snowbound family drama is quietly one of the scariest films of the decade.
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BOJACK HORSEMAN Season Four Review – The Weight
In its devastating fourth season, Netflix’s best show finds the roots of pain in familial trauma.
