Brianna Zigler
Paste Magazine
Massachusetts, United States
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El Conde Is a Stylish but Superficial Vampiric Dictator Fable
What if Augusto Pinochet was a vampire? Pablo Larraín asks this question but doesn't do much else in his latest. Our El Conde review: → Read More
It’s Hard to Imagine Why a Child Would Enjoy Peter Pan & Wendy
David Lowery's ambitious updating attempt can't keep the live-action remake from feeling sapped of magic. Our Peter Pan & Wendy review: → Read More
The Menu Satirizes the Self-Sacrificing Working Class
The Menu's silly social satire reflects a very real phenomenon amid food service and retail employees. → Read More
10 of the Best, True-Blue Modern Neo-Noirs
The neo-noir subgenre hasn't just fallen out of favor, it's been mutated and misused. But there are still excellent films that fit into it being made - we found 10 of the best. → Read More
Armageddon Time Review: A Personal, Prickly Film about the Paradox of Assimilation
James Gray looks back at his family history for the complex drama Armageddon Time. → Read More
Triangle of Sadness Review: Cannes Winner Is Mostly Tedious Class Satire
Triangle of Sadness sees Ruben Östlund take the rich to task, without novelty or much bite. → Read More
Showing Up Review: Kelly Reichardt's Tender Ode to Creative Insecurity
Kelly Reichardt's latest is another fruitful collaboration with Michelle Williams, finding emotional intensity in minimalism. → Read More
Harry Styles Isn’t Actually That Bad in Don’t Worry Darling
Harry Styles is getting slammed for his acting abilities, but the movie is bad and he's on par with it. → Read More
The Game at 25: David Fincher’s Twistiest Film Is Still His Most Fun
The Game saw David Fincher continuously play with plot in his silliest and twistiest film. → Read More
Funny Pages and the Quandary of the Talented Rich Kid
Funny Pages, from Owen Kline, digs into the privilege and problems of a talented rich kid - extra interesting from the son of Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates → Read More
Nope's Gordy Did Nothing Wrong
Nope's tragic chimp sits at the heart of its horror. But Gordy did nothing wrong. → Read More
10 Conspiracy Thrillers To Watch Instead of The Gray Man
The Gray Man was bland, but these 10 conspiracy thrillers are anything but. Watch them instead. → Read More
The Enduring Horror of Death Proof's Stuntman Mike
The villain of Quentin Tarantino's least-favorite movie, Death Proof's Stuntman Mike, is male Hollywood guilt personified. → Read More
Popstar and the Pop Star PSA
The recent flood of celebrity PSAs about Roe v. Wade gave off serious Popstar vibes. Conner4Real is up next, we're sure. → Read More
Will We Ever Learn from Walk Hard?
Walk Hard is the parody to end all parodies of the music biopic genre. So why didn't it change their formula? → Read More
Tim Heidecker: 'High School' Album Review
Heidecker's 'Fear of Death' follow-up is a country-inflected, folk-pop portrait of the artist as a young man, but it doesn't play to his strengths as a performer. → Read More
Adam Sandler’s Basketball Dad Persona Peaks with Hustle
Adam Sandler has been many things over his career, but off-screen, he's lately been best known for being a fun basketball dad. Hustle sees him actualize this persona. → Read More
David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Past Point Towards His Future
The early films of David Cronenberg, Crimes of the Future and Stereo, point towards his future work. → Read More
Men and the End of Elevated Horror
Alex Garland's Men is so painfully metaphorical that it seems almost like a parody of elevated horror. → Read More
The Mad Genius of Magic Spot, Motern Media, and Matt Farley
Incredibly prolific and delightfully eccentric, Matt Farley's filmmaking puts him in a populist league of his own. → Read More