Category: Arts & Entertainment
The Innocents and the surprising rarity of satisfying ghost stories
My thoughts on the 1961 film The Innocents and how hard it is to find a good old-fashioned haunting
Reaction Heroes
A simple yet shockingly insightful observation about super-hero inflation and bringing the stakes back into action movies
One Thing I Like About One Battle After Another
One Battle After Another is full of outstanding performances and virtuosic, genuinely daring filmmaking. I just wish more of it had connected with me.
One Thing I Like About Dead of Winter
Almost certainly the only review of the Emma Thompson thriller that compares it to Paddington
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Any Minute Now
Two tunes that take forever to get started and frankly are better for it
Cinematic Smackdown: The Tragedy of Macbeth vs True Grit
What happens when Joel Coen brings the full force of his filmmaking skills to an adaptation
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: F-f-f-Foolin’ the Rain
Two tangentially-related tunes from my totally hardcore adolescence
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Point/Counter-point: Why Were We Born?
Two tangentially related tunes asking the big questions
One Thing I Like About The Roses
The Roses is a much lighter and funnier adaptation of a story that doesn’t lose its edge by choosing to be sincere
The only way to begin is by beginning
A fan letter to Dropout for showing how you don’t have to give up your core values to be successful
One Thing I Like About Honey Don’t!
Honey Don’t! is the kind of independent, noir-tinged, straightforward detective story that just doesn’t get made anymore. (No significant spoilers)
