David Wain has always approached genre parody with an unusual mixture of half-affection and half-contempt. “Wet Hot American Summer” took the language…
Author: Nathan Flynn
Nathan Flynn
Nathan Flynn is a member of the Austin Film Critics Association and has been writing about movies since 2019, with work appearing on OneofUs.net and Cinapse.com. He’s especially passionate about action cinema, legal thrillers, and romantic comedies, and enjoys connecting classic and contemporary films for today’s audiences.
The remarkable thing about Pixar’s recent output is that the studio finally seems interested in wrestling with big ideas again.…
It’s hard to watch “Supergirl” and not feel like you’re attending a wake. Not for superhero movies themselves. Batman and…
The release of Michael Sarnoski’s “The Death of Robin Hood” got me thinking about the strange cinematic legacy of England’s…
For the first time since “War of the Worlds,” Steven Spielberg has made a movie that feels fully planted in…
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There’s a certain kind of movie that doesn’t really get made anymore—mid-budget, adult, crime-adjacent, full of movie stars who are…
As a huge fan of genre hybrids and a big fan of BenDavid Gabrinski’s writing one of my more anticipated…
There’s a very specific pleasure in watching a filmmaker you like get a clean journeyman swing. Ben Wheatley is one…
SXSW has always thrived in that sweet spot between discovery and chaos. It’s a place where a scrappy midnight movie…