The Dream You Never Wake Up From: How The Drama and Nope Expose Our Troubling Relationship with Spectacle

Just like Nope gives us a thrilling finale and a printed image that means our heroes “succeeded,” The Drama gives us the messiest wedding possible while leaving us with an image of the happy couple in their wedding clothes ready to start their new life. They’re completely disheveled and all of their other relationships are in shambles, but they are ultimately still together.

In Deep Focus: Five Easy Pieces

In this installment of In Deep Focus, writer Kellen Lowe takes a look at one of Jack Nicholson’s best performances as a a man adrift in his own life in Five Easy Pieces.

In Deep FocusKellen LoweDecember 14, 2023Comment

In Deep Focus: Adventureland

Kellen Lowe takes a look at a pivotal scene in Adventureland and muses on the passion inherent in being an artist in the latest installment of In Deep Focus.

In Deep FocusKellen LoweOctober 17, 2023Comment