Sitemap - 2023 - Appetite for Deconstruction
The First Annual AFD Goldie Awards
'The Thin Red Line' at 25: War at the Heart of Nature
Aquaman and the Lost Kitschdom
'Ferrari': When You’re Here, You’re Family
Zack Snyder's 'Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire' is SO 🤬 BORING
'The Zone of Interest': The Banality of Evil, Banally
'Paper Moon' Is a Masterclass in Cinematic Storytelling
'American Fiction': It’s Hard Out Here for an Author
'Across the Spider-Verse,' Against the Hero’s Journey
'Eileen' Believes in Nothing, Lebowski
‘Poor Things’: Come on Bella Let’s Go Party
On the Seventh Day, Bradley Cooper Created 'Maestro'
The New Golden Age of ‘Godzilla’
John Woo’s 'Silent Night': What if Charlie Chaplin Had an AR-15?
Deconstructing 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny'
'Nyad,' 'American Splendor,' and the Brechtian Biopic
Ridley Scott's 'Napoleon,' Blown Apart
Next Goal Wins the Hunger Games
This Is the Best Scene in ‘Gladiator’
'Thanksgiving' Is Exactly the Movie You Think It Is
'Saltburn,' 'Promising Young Woman,' and Emerald Fennell's Problem with Endings
'Dream Scenario': An Anti-Beta Soyboy Manifesto
You’re All Wrong About 'Eternals'
Freedom Sounds an Awful Lot Like Stupidity
'The Holdovers' Is Funny, Sad, and a Little Slight
'When Evil Lurks' Is a Great Film and a Tough Watch
David Fincher's 'The Killer': A Good Version of a Movie You've Seen Before
'Dark Harvest' and the American Tradition of Sending Young People to Their Doom
'Anatomy of a Fall': A Cinematic Rorschach Test
Scorsese/DiCaprio: 'Killers of the Flower Moon'
Scorsese/DiCaprio: 'The Wolf of Wall Street'
Scorsese/DiCaprio: 'Shutter Island'
Scorsese/DiCaprio: 'The Departed'
Scorsese/DiCaprio: 'The Aviator'
Scorsese/DiCaprio: 'Gangs of New York'
'Dicks: The Musical' is the Liberal Propaganda of Republicans' Nightmares
'The Royal Hotel' and Patriarchal Smog
'The Exorcist: Believer': Thank God Friedkin and Blatty Didn't Live to See This Garbage
'The Exorcist' Already Has a Perfect Sequel
A Tale of Two 'Exorcist' Prequels
Seen: The Hackl/Greutert Years
'Striking Distance' and the Subtle Art of Setup and Payoff
'Lost in Translation' at 20: Funny, Philosophical, and Problematic
'Rounders' 25th Anniversary Rewatch
'Cobweb' Is the Scariest Movie of 2023
What to Watch Based on Which Current Crappy Theatrical Release You Wish Was Good
Let the 'Bottoms' Hit the Floor
Appetite for Deconstruction Is Now on Substack
Regarding Superhero Movies, 'Blue Beetle,' and Murder
Revisiting 'The Fugitive' for Its 30th Anniversary
Re-Watching 'The Meg' in Anticipation of 'The Meg 2'
A Heterosexual Cis-Gendered Middle-Aged White Male Mansplains 'Barbie'
Barbenheimer: 'Mistress America'
Barbenheimer: 'The Dark Knight Rises'
Review: 'Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One'
Mission: Rewatchable - 'Mission: Impossible - Fallout'
Mission: Rewatchable - 'Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation'
Mission: Rewatchable - 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol'