David Byrne’s “True Stories” is a lot of things: a musical, a satire, a disparate collection of loose scenes and strange characters. To film columnist Gerrit Punt PO ’24, it’s a shining reminder that exceptional stories can take exceptional forms.
Author: Gerrit Punt
Frame Rating: A really, really half-hearted defense of David Lynch’s “Dune”
With the recent success of Denis Villenueve’s Dune 2 (2024), film columnist Gerrit Punt theorizes about David Lynch’s Dune adaptation (1984). He argues that Dune (1984) is a remnant of a forgotten 1980s science-fiction film genre, and that movie lovers should find what works instead of casting it aside.
Frame Rating: “The Room” is high art (and I’m not kidding)
Film columnist Gerrit Punt PO ’24 defends “The Room” as a legitimate work of art and attempts to challenge the notion that movies like it are only “so bad they’re good.”
Frame Rating: Deer, death, and the art of the children’s film
Film columnist Gerrit Punt PO ’24 explores the strange, simple, beautifully dark “Bambi,” the paragon of a type of children’s film he believes has been somewhat lost to time.
Frame Rating: In defense of the “unwatchable”
The contentious film “Gummo” has been called a lot of things: abhorrent, degenerate, unwatchable. Film columnist Gerrit Punt PO ’24 explores his love for the controversial film, and advocates for a responsible engagement with challenging works of art.
Frame Rating: Holy sincerity! How “Batman” (1966) stands up to the self-conscious super-genre
Film columnist Gerrit Punt PO ‘24 writes about his love for Batman (1966) and how he thinks self-awareness has taken the joyful sincerity from films of the past.
Good Noise: Look at what they did together — ‘Live at Bush Hall’ shows BCNR are still friends forever
For Gerrit Punt PO ’24, BCNR lead singer’s absence is not just felt, but impossible to ignore in their new album ‘Live at Bush Hall.’ But that doesn’t mean it’s not a great album.
Good Noise: Beware ye that are fearful, JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown’s new album is ‘Scaring the Hoes’
Sometimes I want an album to envelop me like a warm hug, but the more I listen to music, the more I find myself wishing I could fill a syringe with concentrated noise and inject it straight into my amygdala. “Scaring the Hoes” satisfies the latter urge and then some.
Frame rating: ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ is multidimensional magic
The brilliance of “Everything Everywhere All at Once” comes from its equal focus on style and substance, writes film columnist Gerrit Punt PO ’24.
Frame rating: ‘Hackers’ cracks the code of the good ‘bad’ movie
Film columnist Gerrit Punt PO ’24 explains how, sometimes, the cheesiest movies can be the most enjoyable to watch.