TENET: A Knot I Grew Too Bored To Unravel — Reflections on the most simultaneously boring and…May 20, 2021May 20, 2021
The Irishman Is Hollow. It Is What It Is.On the odd year when a new one arrives, Martin Scorsese’s films — for true cinephiles — more on the divisive root of that word later — are…Dec 5, 2019Dec 5, 2019
PROSPECT (2018)A frazzled, pajama-clad crew of two — one a distracted father (Jay Duplass) with what appears to be a chemical dependence that fuels an…Nov 21, 2019Nov 21, 2019
Rogue One, The Last Jedi and General Leia, Intergalactic Undead HoveroundChuckle-inducing prank calls! Improbable encounters with absurd and hideous, blue-milk CG beasts! Chewbacca barbecuing, then babysitting…Mar 22, 2018Mar 22, 2018
A Post-Punk Rediscovery of Led ZeppelinI was born in 1976, when Led Zeppelin remained at the zenith of their world-dominating, continent-stomping, colossal stadium- and…Jul 8, 2017Jul 8, 2017
CORIOLANUS (2011)Let me have war, say I. It exceeds peace as far as day does night; it’s spritely, waking, audible, and full of vent. Peace is a very…Dec 14, 2016Dec 14, 2016
Revisiting American Graffiti (1973)Weekend before last, I fell into a Charlie Rose-induced internet chasm. After watching him interview Kenneth Branagh on his 2014 stage…Nov 15, 2016Nov 15, 2016
The Force Finally Awakens.Happy 2016. I can barely believe it, but I have now seen Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens. Twice. After more than 32 years of…Jan 4, 2016Jan 4, 2016
Down the Pond Chasin’ Bluegills & Tommycods (JAWS Turns 40)As we approach the 40th anniversary of an American classic, and his wide-eyed, machete-wielding visage glares back at me from my desktop…Apr 14, 2015Apr 14, 2015