by Jake Bourgeois After dominating theaters and the box office over the last handful of years, the past year has […]
Best Ever Road Trip Movies
In honor of Nomadland being released this weekend, the SiftPop crew is counting down our favorite road trip movies.
ON THE CONTRARY: LIFE OF BRIAN AND THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST
It’s perhaps easier to accept the type of world that Last Temptation shows, because it posits that there is objective truth and meaning. But it also could be more freeing to buy into Life of Brian’s worldview in which you are able to exert more autonomy and create meaning for yourself.
Should You Take a Trip to Sh*thouse?
by Robert Bouffard I would venture to guess that most people who went to college had a feeling of homesickness […]
On the Contrary: Memento and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
by Robert Bouffard I love to engage with media that challenges my beliefs. It makes me think deeply when a […]
On the Contrary: Parasite and The Shawshank Redemption
So join me as I examine two movies that send opposite messages, but which I still love just the same.
On the Contrary: Moneyball and La La Land
I get excited when I watch a movie and love it, only to realize it has an oppositional viewpoint to another movie I love.
On the Contrary: The Grey and Silence
Nowadays, I get excited when I watch a movie and love it, only to realize it has an oppositional viewpoint to another movie I love. It just serves to materialize the sort of debate and cultivation of thought that I enjoy so much.