Kyle Wilson

Kyle Wilson is a writer who lives in Brooklyn and is happiest when he’s writing about film, television, or his insatiable obsession with Joe Pesci’s performance in The Irishman. He co-hosts the podcast Insert Movie Here: The Musical, and his work has appeared at Polygon, The Ringer and Screen Rant and you can follow him on Twitter at @icanvalk.

‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ at 30: Justice for Keanu!

Ever since its 1992 release, Francis Ford Coppola’s gonzo pop horror masterpiece Bram Stoker’s Dracula has played host to a… Read More

November 11, 2022

‘Pink Floyd: The Wall’ at 40 retrospective: What the classic concept album turned jaw-dropping rock opera told us about the chilling rise of white male rage

On May 23, 1982, at the Cannes Film Festival, the lights rose after the world premiere screening of Pink Floyd:… Read More

September 12, 2022

‘Grease 2’ retrospective: How the horny, audacious, gender-swapped sequel became a bigger (better?) cult hit than its predecessor

Let’s get this out of the way - I’m one of those freaks who saw Grease 2 first. I thought… Read More

June 9, 2022

‘West Side Story’ review: Steven Spielberg’s potent, first class adaptation features a vibrant, star-making performance from Rachel Zegler [Grade: B+]

Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story begins, much like Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins’, with a God’s eye view of New… Read More

December 2, 2021

‘Licorice Pizza’ review: Alana Haim gives the breakout performance of the year in Paul Thomas Anderson’s sweetest slice of young love [Grade: A]

“You’re never going to remember me,” predicts Alana Kane early after meeting Gary Valentine in Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest. That’s… Read More

November 17, 2021

‘Glitter’ 20 years later: How its legacy and Mariah Carey have continued to shine

“Dear God, it’s all so tragic And I’ll never have the chance To feel the closure that I ultimately need…”… Read More

September 21, 2021

‘Cinderella’ review: Billy Porter soars, Camila Cabello strains in a jukebox musical that lands like a lead slipper

Near the end of the latest film adaptation of tale-as-old-as-time Cinderella, Minnie Driver shudders a deep sigh and witheringly intones,… Read More

September 1, 2021

‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’ review: Rose-colored to a fault, but with its queer heart firmly in the right place

There’s an atypical lead at the center of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. A reed-thin teenage boy with platinum blonde hair… Read More

August 30, 2021

25 years later, the radical queerness of ‘A Very Brady Sequel’ lives on

Photo via YouTube We’re living in an IP hellscape. Superheroes dominate the box office, Disney shamelessly mimeographs their earlier animated… Read More

August 24, 2021

‘Wet Hot American Summer’ at 20: the ‘Nashville’ of absurdist cinema [Retrospective]

Some folks have never seen a Star Wars movie. There are diehard film fans in this world who have still… Read More

July 26, 2021

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