Sorry, we missed these ones 1999 was the year everybody wanted to be John Malkovich, a little kid saw dead people and we didn’t talk…
Tyler Obropta
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Happy BirthdayMinistry of Cool
RAW FROM THE SAW – Album Review: Remind Me Tomorrow
by Tyler Obropta April 8, 2019When Sharon Van Etten’s Are We There debuted in 2014, she became a revelation. Her fourth album displayed a mellow, confident New York riff on…
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Birthday cake isn’t the only thing being served One of the richest exercises in the wheel of capitalism was Warner/Chappell Music’s monopoly over “Happy Birthday…
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Happy BirthdayMinistry of Cool
RAW FROM THE SAW – Film Review: Shoplifters
by Tyler Obropta April 8, 2019Family is relative. Last year in film, we saw families picnicking on the beach or quietly eating dinner while aliens prowled outside, and others still…
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Ministry of CoolNaked
RAW FROM THE SAW – Film Review: Last Flag Flying
by Tyler Obropta December 13, 2017Richard Linklater’s latest film Last Flag Flying begins with that ancient set-up: A man walks into a bar. The man is Doc Shepherd (Steve Carell)…
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Lady Bird is a very tasty movie. I know this because after it ended, the girl behind me turned to her friend and said, “Wasn’t…
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Most actors are not lucky enough to be sent off with a soulful passion project as their tribute, but Harry Dean Stanton — who died…
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In honor of Twin Peaks’ revival, Buzzsaw deconstructs Lynch’s cryptic filmography. A naked woman emerges from the autumn night. Her skin is pale, and her…
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IdolsMinistry of CoolWeb Exclusive
RAW FROM THE SAW – Film Review: The Trip to Spain
by Tyler Obropta October 31, 2017The Trip to Spain is the third film in Michael Winterbottom’s The Trip series, one of the best and most surprising movie trilogies of all…
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IdolsMinistry of Cool
RAW FROM THE SAW: In This Corner of the World
by Tyler Obropta October 17, 2017The Japanese anime In This Corner of the World recreates wartime Hiroshima and its neighboring port city of Kure through the eyes of a young…