1984 Upside Down, or, Use Your Allusions
Stranger Things would still be pretty great if it were just a shameless pastiche of 80s movies, but it ends up transcending that.
First They Came For The Valleywags, and I Said Nothing
Navigating the minefield of principled opinions that results when wealthy strangers sue each other.
One of the Good Ones
Zootopia is surprisingly great, and a reminder of the value of family movies as parable
Would That It Were So Simple
A cursory and non-reductive look at Hail, Caesar! by Joel and Ethan Coen
Why I’m Excited About Firewatch
The future of independent game development is now! Or at least two years ago!
Exit, surrounded by Muppets
Tremendous respect for David Bowie, and a theory on what seems truly alien
