Anti-Criterion Challenge 2024 | 52/52 | Any film on watchlist
Black Swan for boys — queer longing for straights
Whiplash is a sadomasochist romance in which a kid learns to bleed at tempo for his chosen daddy. I’d love to see what David Cronenberg would do with this material.
Buddy Rich was a total asshole. Benny Goodman was a complete shithead. JK Simmons turns the stories of their abuse into caricatures. For an example of how to pull off this repressed violence, see Beau Travail.