FURMAN ON FILM

“F**K THE PATRIARCHY!” And with that opening salvo (which never, by the way, appears in the screenplay to the new film about Mattel’s...

The secret sauce in Something in the Dirt is NOT in the excavation of heady sci-fi concepts, cultic conspiracy theorizing, and...

To be completely honest, Boogie Nights is nowhere near the top of my list of favorite films. But, after this most recent third viewing,...

Were I a grown man when this film hit theaters in '88 (and not merely the kindergartener I was), I'm pretty sure this would be the moment...

Cooper Raiff's second film, Cha Cha Real Smooth is a work that flirts with greatness and finds some phenomenal moments of higher...

This review may contain spoilers. This is almost a classic exemplar of a film perfectly crafted for yours truly. Almost. It has been...

It is difficult to recall a more impressive debut feature film in recent memory. I have personally been at war with a kind of mental...

Once a year there is a picture that comes along which reminds me that the cold, bloody pump in my chest still has some warmth left in it...

Confessionally, I've never really "gotten" the whole Wes Anderson thing. Life is not a neat and linear thing, to be sure. We need voices...

Ah, middle school. We remember it well, don’t we? The time of growth that it contained for us. Puberty (yikes!). Nascent feelings of...

This review may contain spoilers. Aubrey Plaza is a FORCE. OF. NATURE. A human dynamo of passion, vivacity, and snarky self-confidence so...

This review may contain spoilers. Palm Springs does a truly brilliant thing. It stands on the shoulders of the giant that went before it...

Awhile back there came along a director and a group of actors who together churned out a series of hilarious, raunchy, whipsmart, over...