Kenneth Lowe

Springfield

Regular Contributor at Paste

Contributor to @PasteMagazine. Alum of the @UISPAR program, 2008.

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Articles

Streaming Marvel: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Struggles to Say Anything

1 week ago | pastemagazine.com | Kenneth Lowe

The Marvel Cinematic Universe rolls ever onward, whether the average viewer can possibly watch all of it or not. And now, the small screen has become the place to watch the bulk of MCU storytelling. Can’t keep it all straight? Ken Lowe is revisiting every MCU TV show—the good, the bad and the non-canon—in our ongoing feature, Streaming Marvel. You can follow along with the whole series here.
Fight Night: Rob Roy’s Swordplay Was as Gritty as Its World

1 week ago | pastemagazine.com | Kenneth Lowe

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Conflict is the most basic building block of story, and a fight is the most simple conflict there is: Two people come to blows, and one must triumph over the other. Fight Night is a regular column in which Ken Lowe revisits some of cinema history’s most momentous, spectacular, and inventive fight scenes, from the brutally simple to the devilishly intricate. Check back here for more entries.
Fight Night: Raging Bull’s Central Rivalry is a Bloody Triptych

1 month ago | pastemagazine.com | Kenneth Lowe

Conflict is the most basic building block of story, and a fight is the most simple conflict there is: Two people come to blows, and one must triumph over the other. Fight Night is a regular column in which Ken Lowe revisits some of cinema history’s most momentous, spectacular, and inventive fight scenes, from the brutally simple to the devilishly intricate. Check back here for more entries.
Fight Night: Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock Exploded Into Film in Yes, Madam!

2 months ago | pastemagazine.com | Kenneth Lowe

Conflict is the most basic building block of story, and a fight is the most simple conflict there is: Two people come to blows, and one must triumph over the other. Fight Night is a regular column in which Ken Lowe revisits some of cinema history’s most momentous, spectacular, and inventive fight scenes, from the brutally simple to the devilishly intricate. Check back here for more entries.
Streaming Marvel: Daredevil’s Lovable Cast Made Themselves Indispensable

2 months ago | pastemagazine.com | Kenneth Lowe

The Marvel Cinematic Universe rolls ever onward, whether the average viewer can possibly watch all of it or not. And now, the small screen has become the place to watch the bulk of MCU storytelling. Can’t keep it all straight? Ken Lowe is revisiting every MCU TV show—the good, the bad and the non-canon—in our ongoing feature, Streaming Marvel. First up: the hero of Hell’s Kitchen, the Man Without Fear, Ol’ Hornhead himself—Daredevil.
Fight Night: Bruce Lee vs. Chuck Norris in The Way of the Dragon

Jan 17, 2025 | pastemagazine.com | Kenneth Lowe

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Conflict is the most basic building block of story, and a fight is the most simple conflict there is: Two people come to blows, and one must triumph over the other. Fight Night is a regular column in which Ken Lowe revisits some of cinema history’s most momentous, spectacular, and inventive fight scenes, from the brutally simple to the devilishly intricate. Check back here for more entries. Be formless. Shapeless. Like water.
Christmas Vacation is 35! Where’s the Tylenol?

Dec 2, 2024 | pastemagazine.com | Kenneth Lowe

Every year, American culture embarks on a massive project to carefully recreate the Christmases of Baby Boomers’ childhoods. —Randall MunroeWhite suburban dads in the movies of the ’80s and ’90s looked exactly the same as my own father—a man who, when I was two, wired up a cardboard box with batteries and lights so that I could be a Transformer for Halloween, lighting it all up by pushing a button.
One Season Wonders: 1899 Built an Immaculate Puzzle

Nov 27, 2024 | pastemagazine.com | Kenneth Lowe

In the years before streaming, extremely niche TV shows faced uphill battles against cancellation. As a result, TV history is littered with the corpses of shows struck down before their time. In One Season Wonders, Ken Lowe revisits one of the unique, promising scripted shows struck down before they had a chance to shine. This month: Netflix’s 1899. One Season Wonders is not just about shows that have been canceled. It is also about cancellation itself.
Triple Threat: The Bourne Trilogy Was the Last Gasp of the Dad Action Movie

Nov 25, 2024 | pastemagazine.com | Kenneth Lowe

A story has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Maybe that’s why the trilogy is such a satisfying structure for so many epic series or curious corners of cinema history. This year in Triple Threat, Ken Lowe revisits another of cinema’s best trilogies each month, including some unofficial trilogies that have come to define a director, actor, or time in film history. You can follow the series here.
One Season Wonders: American Gothic Dove Deep Into the Darkness

Oct 31, 2024 | pastemagazine.com | Kenneth Lowe

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. In the years before streaming, extremely niche TV shows faced uphill battles against cancellation. As a result, TV history is littered with the corpses of shows struck down before their time. In One Season Wonders, Ken Lowe revisits one of the unique, promising scripted shows struck down before they had a chance to shine. This month: American Gothic.