Tag: Griffin Dunne

  • Caught Stealing : A Blood-Soaked, Laugh-Out-Loud Noir

    Caught Stealing : A Blood-Soaked, Laugh-Out-Loud Noir

    Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing is a gritty, darkly funny thrill ride through 1998 New York, with Austin Butler delivering a raw, magnetic turn as Hank Thompson—a washed-up ex-ballplayer turned bartender whose life implodes after cat-sitting for his punk neighbor drags him into a violent underworld of gangsters, crooked cops, and chaos. Brutal yet unexpectedly hilarious,…

  • The Secret Queer Subtext of ‘An American Werewolf in London’

    The Secret Queer Subtext of ‘An American Werewolf in London’

    ‘An American Werewolf in London’ possesses a possible queer reading in the way it envisions a heterosexual romance being undone by the presence of a creature who embodies self-contentment in the face of social alienation.