One of the most tried and true genres of fiction is the Whodunnit mystery. The premise is simple, a crime is committed and the reader or audience watches the a detective solve the mystery. They are our eyes and ears. We know only what they know, and we must solve the crime along with the…
Tag: Knives Out
e251. Eating the Rich! (on film)
by Christopher "Mav" Maverick, Hannah Lee Rogers, Monica Geraffo, Katya Gorecki, Ani Govjian and Nicole Freim
January 30, 2023
January 30, 2023
A curious set of movies have been racking up nominations on the film circuit this awards season. Glass Onion, the Menu, and Triangle of Sadness. Each of these films has a peculiar thing in common… they’re basically about eating the rich… ok if not eating them than at least killing rich people… largely just because…
Call for Comments: Eating the Rich… Cinematically!
From Hannah: In 2019 — when I still went to the theater every week — I noticed a pattern with a release every few months. Starting with Us, then the horror-comedy film Ready or Not, and then with Knives Out I was struck by how class conscious these films were. How unrelentingly they worked to…