Two texts are now sitting on my desk. They are still and inert — like rectangular paperweights. I would like…
A D & Jeremy Talk about Movies: Source Code, Friends, Woody Allen, The Man from London, Sucker Punch, Zardoz, Tron, Willow, and Shoot ‘Em Up
[Last weekend, while en route to Abu Dhabi, my good friend Jeremy swung by my cold-water Chicago flat. After a…
On Lavender-Smith’s From Old Notebooks
If one ever wondered what happened to the guys in high school who sat around reading philosophy and fancying posey, From…
This Will Probably Incite a Riot
Since Sunday night I’ve planned to write a scathing post about the Golden Globes, a once “renegade” award platform, that…
Brevity, Part 3: Long Takes Continued (well, they’re long)
While writing my previous post, I grew aware that I wasn’t mentioning any women filmmakers. So I’d like to add…