Dec 18 The End: Tried So Hard and Got So Far Joshua Oppenheimer's Tilda Swinton climate apocalypse musical isn't nearly as much fun as it should be, nor as arresting as his previous work. Dec 18, 2024 11 min read
Dec 03 Tongues Untied: LGBTQ+ People Aren't Going Back "End the silence, baby. We can make a serious revolution, together." Dec 3, 2024 8 min read
Nov 20 Intercepted: Speak, Know Evil A documentary of Russian soldiers' candid phone calls, premiering at a crucial turning point, prompts the question: when does news become history? Nov 20, 2024 7 min read
Nov 12 Virginia Film Festival, Part 1: Day of Future Past My first of two days at the Virginia Film Festival, on the eve of the 2024 election, was full of movies grappling with historical trauma. Nov 12, 2024 8 min read
Oct 30 Gone Girl at 10: Fifteen Minutes of Shame A decade since its release, the date movie from hell is a post-breakup classic and a prophetic preview of the always-online life yet to come Oct 30, 2024 8 min read
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