It didn’t seem like there was a large portion of the movie-going population who felt that Todd Phillips’ “Joker” was too subtle, in either its commentary on the modern era of those who are involuntarily celibate, or its homage-like appropriation of classic Martin Scorsese movies. But maybe writer-director-producer Eugene Kotlyarenko has other information, since that’s the audience most squarely served by his noisily nihilist “Spree,” about a young rideshare driver who turns vacuously murderous in the pursuit of social media celebrity. It’s a concept that could handily be described as “Tik Tok Taxi Driver” meets “The Gig Economy King of Comedy.”
Joe Keery (“Stranger Things”) is as close to a redeeming feature as the film has, in the role of the irredeemable Kurt Kunkle. Kurt, known to his very, very few followers as @kurtsworld96, grins and pops peace signs while urging viewers to hit him up during...
Joe Keery (“Stranger Things”) is as close to a redeeming feature as the film has, in the role of the irredeemable Kurt Kunkle. Kurt, known to his very, very few followers as @kurtsworld96, grins and pops peace signs while urging viewers to hit him up during...
- 1/27/2020
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
As the computer-programmed voice intones the word ‘money’ over and over in the intro track, it becomes very clear where James Ferraro is hedging his bets with NYC, Hell 3:00Am. Even without this opening gambit, one could take a reasonable guess as to what Ferraro’s latest album is dealing with: the name itself is quite telling, as is the Qr code/hundred dollar bill artwork. Just as 2011′s Far Side Virtual critiqued our times of hypermodernity, NYC, Hell 3:00Am is an examination of the troubles of Ferraro’s locale (and indeed Western society on the whole), all communicated through his ever-oblique worldview.
Ferraro has said he has found inspiration in ”rats, metal landscape, toxic water, junkie friends, HIV billboards, evil news, luxury and unbound wealth, exclusivity, facelifts, romance, insane police presence and lonely people… all against the sinister vastness of Manhattan’s alienating...
As the computer-programmed voice intones the word ‘money’ over and over in the intro track, it becomes very clear where James Ferraro is hedging his bets with NYC, Hell 3:00Am. Even without this opening gambit, one could take a reasonable guess as to what Ferraro’s latest album is dealing with: the name itself is quite telling, as is the Qr code/hundred dollar bill artwork. Just as 2011′s Far Side Virtual critiqued our times of hypermodernity, NYC, Hell 3:00Am is an examination of the troubles of Ferraro’s locale (and indeed Western society on the whole), all communicated through his ever-oblique worldview.
Ferraro has said he has found inspiration in ”rats, metal landscape, toxic water, junkie friends, HIV billboards, evil news, luxury and unbound wealth, exclusivity, facelifts, romance, insane police presence and lonely people… all against the sinister vastness of Manhattan’s alienating...
- 10/17/2013
- by Joe Sherwood
- Obsessed with Film
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