James RutherfordJan 22'O Brother Where Art Thou?': A Madcap Comedy About 3 Escaped Convicts in Search of Hidden TreasureO Brother Where Art Thou? (2000) is a madcap period comedy starring George Clooney, John Turturro and Tim Blake Nelson as Everett, Pete...
James RutherfordDec 12, 2022'The Sessions': A Poignant and Mature Depiction of a Quadriplegic's Discovery of SexualityThe Sessions (2012) is a poignant comedy-drama starring John Hawkes as Mark O’Brien, a quadriplegic forced to inhabit an iron lung due to...
James RutherfordDec 5, 2022'Garden State': A Young Man's Playful Yet Emotionally Wrought Coming-of-Age StoryGarden State (2004) is a wistful and offbeat comedy-drama starring Zach Braff as Andrew Largeman, a struggling Los Angeles-based actor...
James RutherfordNov 21, 2022'I, Tonya': A Titillating Depiction of Tonya Harding and the Infamous Attack on Nancy KerriganI, Tonya (2017) is a titillating and supremely sardonic dark comedy starring Margot Robbie as former professional figure skater Tonya...
James RutherfordOct 31, 2022'The Favourite': A Madcap 1800's-Era Depiction of the Unscrupulous Affairs of Queen Anne of EnglandThe Favourite (2018) is a madcap yet strikingly adroit period film set in the newly sovereign state of Great Britain in the year 1711....
James RutherfordOct 22, 2022'Don’t Look Up': An Uncommonly Shrewd and Darkly Comical Satire of Modern SocietyDon’t Look Up (2021) is a darkly comical and uncommonly shrewd satire of modern society that imagines the sudden appearance of an...
James RutherfordAug 7, 2022'A Fish Called Wanda': A Jaunty British Comedy Depicting the Fallout From a Daring Diamond HeistA Fish Called Wanda (1988) is a boisterous and jaunty British comedy about a quartet of criminals who stage a high stakes diamond heist...
James RutherfordJul 3, 2022'Three Kings': An Off-the-Wall Depiction of Hijinks and Humanism During the Persian Gulf WarThree Kings (1999) is a unique and darkly comical depiction of America's intervention in the Persian Gulf circa 1991. The storyline...
James RutherfordJun 20, 2022'Red Rocket': A Wonderfully Transgressive Depiction of a Down-on-His Luck Adult Film StarRed Rocket (2021) is the serio-comic tale of a down-on-his-luck adult film actor named Mikey Saber (Simon Rex) forced to leave California...
James RutherfordMay 26, 2022'Licorice Pizza': A Radiant Tale of Burgeoning Young Love in 1970's-Era San Fernando ValleyLicorice Pizza (2021) is a radiant coming-of-age comedy-drama starring Cooper Hoffman as fifteen-year-old Gary Valentine, a loquacious...