Reviews

Mar
23

Dead Eyes: The Podcast That Preaches the Power of Perseverance

The premise is shockingly simple yet somehow seemingly unattainable: Comedian Connor Ratliff started his podcast to find out why he
3 min read
Jan
09

Licorice Pizza: Review

I wrote briefly on the joy of going to see Licorice Pizza in my defense of delightfully self-indulgent days, but
4 min read
Jan
09

Azor: Review

An incredibly confident and effective first feature film from Andreas Fontana, this slow burn of a thriller follows Yvan de
2 min read
Jan
09

Anatomy of a Murder: Review

Otto Preminger’s 1959 courtroom drama about a defense attorney’s effort to win a case of a soldier who
2 min read
Jan
09

Encanto: Review

What a treat this movie was. In the early days of 2022, I found the message at the core of
3 min read
Mar
31

Symbolism in Bong Joon-ho's Parasite

One of my favorite Youtube channels – Lessons from the Screenplay – looks at symbolism in the Oscar-winning Parasite. As always, it’
1 min read
Oct
27

Sadness as Art

There is no novelty in making art out of one’s sadness. It’s an oft-traversed path for artists of
4 min read
Sep
08

Jia Tolentino's Trick Mirror is scary good. And professionally inspiring.

Watching Jia Tolentino’s success reminds me a little of watching college athletics in my mid-20s: I would gape and
4 min read
Aug
19

One Last Trick? Hulu's Amazing Johnathan Documentary

At the conclusion of The [Untitled] Amazing Johnathan Documentary, I was reminded of the beginning of another movie about magicians,
3 min read
Aug
14

Netflix's The Family: A modern Rorschach test of politics and religion

Before I went back to school to study journalism, I knew of Jeff Sharlet’s writing. I was so impressed
5 min read