What Makes You Cry?
“It’s only a TV show.” —my mom, as I cried over the last episode of…
“Continue down your mistaken path”: A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
The missing link between Richard Lester and Peter Greenaway, A Clockwork Orange bears the look…
You Should Have Never Come Back: A Comparison of CRISS CROSS and THE UNDERNEATH
Steven Soderbergh’s The Underneath, if it’s remembered at all, will likely be remembered entirely as…
OUT IN THE NIGHT
The word “intersectionality” scares off most people. It’s big, multi-syllabic, and seems like a buzz…
3 1/2 MINUTES, TEN BULLETS
On November 23, 2012, Jordan Davis was a passenger in a red SUV. Being teenagers,…
TRUE DETECTIVE season 2, ep. 1: “The Western Book of the Dead”
Last night saw the return of one of television’s most unique and innovative shows, an…
Inside Out Review
Sometimes, stories with high concepts can go awry, Maybe the filmmakers got too bogged down…
MANGLEHORN
Manglehorn the locksmith (Pacino) is approaching the end of his life. His wife has been…
THE OVERNIGHT
Seattle has a social problem: the Seattle Freeze. The Seattle Freeze is a trait where…
Extraordinary People Do What They Love
Today on Facebook, I saw an image that informed me that ordinary people owned big…