Oct

12

Jimmy Carter: Rock and Roll President: He's History's Greatest Rock Star

The story of Jimmy Carter's friendships with musical royalty illuminates, even as it hints at the limits of his approach.

Oct 12, 2024

5 min read

Sep

07

Alien: Romulus: The Cinemorph

The first Disney-produced Alien film cares more about referencing the original movies than it does actual originality.

Sep 7, 2024

12 min read

Aug

24

Alien³: Scar Beast

The maligned threequel comes together often enough, and in such striking ways, that even its failures inspire fascination.

Aug 24, 2024

11 min read

Jul

22

Forrest Gump at 30: Defund, Forrest, Defund

Forrest Gump and the Neoliberal Imaginary in 1990s Welfare Reform. In this essay I will...

Jul 22, 2024

9 min read

Jul

04

Summer Solstice Screentime

I saw I Saw the TV Glow, finally, among other films in late June.

Jul 4, 2024

8 min read

Jun

29

Elden Ring's Dancing Lion: The Beast of Both Worlds

If Elden Ring is going to take over my life again, I may as well write about it.

Jun 29, 2024

5 min read

Jun

13

The Straight Story: Zen and the Art of Mower (Riding) Maintenance

The most obscure David Lynch film is also his most accessible, and one of his most profound.

Jun 13, 2024

5 min read

May

27

Old Movies on Getting Older

Tokyo Story and Dazed and Confused are two classics that speak in very different ways about aging.

May 27, 2024

8 min read

May

20

Hundreds of Beavers: Dam Good

A movie that commits to and succeeds at being a live-action cartoon, and one of the funniest live-action comedies in ages.

May 20, 2024

4 min read

May

14

Breaking Takes: What I've Been Watching

I had to take a break from the longform reviews, so here are some short ones instead.

May 14, 2024

6 min read