Veronica Phillips

Veronica Phillips is a film, television, and culture writer. She is a regular contributor to Film Daze and Film Cred, with previous pieces appearing in Catapult, Polygon, and Girls on Tops among others.

‘Funny Games (1998) and (2008)’ retrospective: How Michael Haneke broke the rules in his continent-crossing examination of privilege, nihilism and violence

While both iterations of Funny Games technically ran in their first few festival circuits in 1997 and 2007, it feels… Read More

March 8, 2023

‘Jackass: The Movie’: 20 years later, the era of the teenage dirtbag lives on, concussions be damned

The Jackass film franchise is now twenty years old. With four films under their belt (plus three extra bonus feature… Read More

October 19, 2022

‘Superbad’ at 15: Still a stupid, fantastic cinematic coming-of-age gift [Retrospective]

To pick an all-time favorite high school film is a deeply personal process, perhaps more so than other film genres.… Read More

August 12, 2022

‘Ruby Sparks’ retrospective: How the 10-year old quirky writer fantasy still feels topical in the way we talk about power, art, muses and love

The titular character of Ruby Sparks first appears in a dream. In the midst of a crippling, neurotic, self-serving writer’s… Read More

July 22, 2022

‘The Boys’ recap: “Bring Your Son to Work Day” (Season 3 Finale)

The final episode of this season of The Boys is a continuous splintering of ideals, a general sense of divisiveness.… Read More

July 8, 2022

‘The Boys’ recap: “V is for Vendetta” (Season 3 Episode 7)

The Boys are continuing their quest to check off members of Soldier Boy’s hit list. This time, they’re after the… Read More

July 1, 2022

‘The Boys’ recap: “An Orgasm Story” (Season 3 Episode 6)

A cut-and-dry recap of the first twenty or so minutes of the most recent episode of The Boys is easy… Read More

June 24, 2022

‘The Boys’ recap: “A Legend Among Us” (Season 3 Episode 5)

What matters most, to me, about this episode of The Boys is that they tapped into their most powerful and… Read More

June 18, 2022

‘Withnail & I’ retrospective: The queer cult classic that launched Richard E. Grant’s career turns 35

Withnail & I is a throbbing hangover, the dirty, disgusting apartment you wake up to on a Sunday morning in… Read More

June 15, 2022

‘The Boys’ recap: “Ass Kissing and Ass Kicking” (Season 3 Episode 4)

It’s the midway season mark, and we’re at perhaps the peak of (often literally) shifting power in The Boys. As… Read More

June 11, 2022

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