Looking, “Looking for Glory” (2.8) - TV Review
“Looking for Glory” is an examination of the personas we create for ourselves, both to our detriment and benefit.
Author Jose Gallegos
Jose Gallegos
I'm an aspiring filmmaker from Los Angeles. Recently, I graduated from USC with my Bachelors in Cinema/Television Production and French (yes, I'm a "phile" for all things "cine" and "franco"). I will continue my academic career by pursuing a Masters in Film Studies at UCLA (feel free to call me a traitor).
Looking, “Looking for Gordon Freeman” and “Looking for a Plot” (2.6-7) - TV Review
Due to the hectic nature of Oscar season, I took a partial break from my weekly reviews of Looking. This double review will try to condense everything that occurred over the last two episodes, each of which is rife with dramatic character arcs and personal tension.
Looking, “Looking for Truth” (2.5) - TV Review
In Andrew Haigh’s Weekend, Glen (Chris New) works on an art project that has him interviewing his hook-ups.
Looking “Looking Down the Road” (2.4) - TV Review
3 bears, 3 wise men, 3 blind mice, Three Women, ménage-à-trois. The number three has a strong resonance, not only as a harmonious unity, but as a threat to romantic relationships.
Looking, “Looking Top to Bottom” (2.3) - TV Review
“Transitory” is the best adjective to describe last night’s episode of Looking, entitled “Looking Top to Bottom.” It is about the transitions – in gendered norms, sexual preferences, careers, actions, and mindsets – that dominate, and in some ways threaten, the stability of our personal and romantic relationships.
Looking, “Looking for Results” (2.2) – TV Review
With films like Videodrome and The Fly, David Cronenberg revealed that film and TV is not only visual and auditory, but bodily as well. These mediums have a skin, whose irritation and infection can yield visceral reactions from legions of viewers.
Looking, “Looking for the Promised Land” (2.1) - TV Review
Some TV series like to pause from the weekly stress and drama of its central storylines by allowing its characters to venture outside of the confines of familiar settings. The premiere of the second season of Looking, titled “Looking for the Promised Land,” pauses from its San Francisco backdrop to explore a more natural setting.
Company Man: The Best of Robert Altman: Nashville Review - NP Approved
Following a string of career-defining films, such as M.A.S.H. (1970), McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971), and The Long Goodbye (1973), Altman set his sights on the country music capital of the world. Nashville is just as iconic, if not more so, as any other Altman film because it accomplishes so much with such grace and finesse. It is an …
Strange Paradise: The Cinema of Jim Jarmusch: Permanent Vacation Review
The Wizard of Oz has a sobering moment for its characters: Dorothy and her friends pull back a curtain to reveal that the ominous Oz is nothing more than a man running a machine. It is a moment that shatters their image of this deified being and turns him into a common person. While watching Only Lovers Left Alive (my first Jim …
From Boyhood to Adulthood, En Français: The Antoine Doinel Films
In 1959, François Truffaut introduced the world to the rebellious Antoine Doinel (played by Jean-Pierre Léaud). The child not only helped garner Truffaut the Best Director award (for The 400 Blows) at Cannes, but he also introduced international audiences to the Nouvelle Vague (the French New Wave)…