That’s a Wrap: Movie releases you might’ve missed in September
Emily Bi/Senior Staff
From big-name blockbusters to festival favorites, September brought an influx of diverse films to a variety of streaming services and online platforms.
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Quiz: Which Saoirse Ronan movie should you watch?
In honor of Saoirse Ronan’s 26th birthday, we at the Clog have cooked up a quiz to help you determine which of the four-time Oscar-nominated actress’s films to watch.
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Portrait of a Lauren on Fire
Off the Beat
At that age, I didn’t really know what a gay person was. I had grown up watching “The Birdcage” and “Will & Grace” with my mercifully liberal family.
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San Francisco Symphony bring nostalgia with ‘Love Actually’
Conductor Thiago Tiberio led the orchestra through interjected musical passages from the film as it was projected onto a large screen above the stage.
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There’s simply nothing out there that compares to the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ franchise
For me, “Pirates of the Caribbean” defined the best of what blockbusters could be.
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‘The Aftermath’ is misguided, poorly conceived afterthought
“The Aftermath” largely ignores this difficult world, instead lazily smushing a painfully awkward affair together with shoddy political side-stories. We the audience are left with a frustrating mess that, at its worst, is little more than misguided Hallmark soap.
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Keira Knightley redeems ‘Bend It Like Beckham’ through unabashedly queer ‘Colette’
Colette’s sexuality is what allows the film’s narrative to unfold. Her queer identity is what allows the audience to get to know Colette and her associations and aspirations.
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An arbitrary ranking of movies about innovation
The fear of the future and messing with the “natural order” of things has been inspiration for a whole range of movies, ranging from terrible, Luddite-like fantasies to movies questioning humanity and its relation to science.
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Beauty, a bit on the nose
Cutting Room Floor
When I was 11, I would’ve sold my soul for a nose job. There isn’t anything particularly hideous about my nose. Its bridge rises higher than most Asian noses, forming a little bump before declining into a bulbous, downward-sloping tip. Its round shape even allows me to move the cartilage
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Keira Knightley salvages ‘Laggies’ uninspiring plot
Imagine a woman who simply does not want to grow up — so much so, in fact, that she ends up befriending a group of high schoolers in an attempt to escape the complexities and crises of her own life. Such is the premise of “Laggies,” directed by Lynne Shelton
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