The Scandal of Reading 10 | Tsh Oxenreider on Walker Percy’s The Moviegoer
Jessica and Tsh Oxenreider discuss Walker Percy’s debut novel and its new meaning for younger generations in an increasingly disconnected society.
The Moviegoer: Lost in the Cosmos, a Review of Gravity
In Gravity, we’re invited to entertain the prospect of being lost in the cosmos.
The Moviegoer: A Riotously Funny, Sobering Alcoholypse
“An emerging concern is how do we be grown ups in such a way that, by virtue of growing up, we grew more free?”
The Moviegoer: Man of Steel in Awesome, if not Guiding, Beams of Light
“For a film that focuses so much on his secret identity and his plight as a wanderer, there’s never a significant reveal moment that connects Superman with the people in any relatable way.”
The Moviegoer: Ride or Die? A Fast and Furious 6 Conversation
The Moviegoer: The Colossal Vitality of Baz Luhrmann’s Great Gatsby Illusion
What the film misses is that Gatsby doesn’t truly care for Daisy so much as he cares about how attaining her fits in with how he’s imagined his ideal life.
The Moviegoer: Exorcising Iron Man’s Demons
Iron Man’s Avengers PTSD isn’t the only history that’s creating turmoil in the hero’s life.
The Moviegoer: The Renovative View From Up on Poppy Hill
It’s interesting to think about what the theme of harmonizing the traditional past with modern progress has to do with the melodramatic tone and shape that the film takes.
