Hulk (2003): Comic Myths and the Monsters in Us
Hulk is flawed and huge and bold. It’s about the monster’s curse of being a man. It’s a superhero film that means something.
Film Reviews
Ghost in the Shell (2017)
What DreamWorks have done with Ghost in the Shell, if it is a cultural invasion, is more potent than catering to an international market (or their idea of it). The new film is an inversion of its material, to an extent that its entire symbolic framework has been hacked by the virus of three-act Western superhero stories.
Gojira (1954)
Its power and influence is all in a performance of a modern myth. Dark, apocalyptic, and unforgettable.
Kubo and the Two Strings
By remaining outside after dark, Kubo invokes the inevitable quest for three sacred pieces of armor so that he may defeat the Moon King. Kubo weaves its story with the mythologist Joseph Campbell’s pattern, which he called the “monomyth,” by telling a story about a boy and his Mother as though it represented all boys and all Mothers.
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Everyone has their own agenda. No one has a straight answer. The birth of noir.