The ramblings of a wannabe cineaste. Join me as I dissect the art of storytelling in films, comics, TV shows, and video games.
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Review: Neko Ninja
Currently in Portland, Oregon for my annual trip with my college buddies. To kill time during the long plane ride over, I watched Neko...
Review: Heroic Purgatory
Eager to make use of my MoviePass card before the service crashes and burns permanently, I ventured out to Metrograph to catch a...
Review: Wolf Guy
Spent most of the day trying to decide what movie I wanted to watch. I’ve been running on fumes since Wednesday afternoon, so I was...
Review: In The Soup
Caught a screening of Alexandre Rockwell’s In the Soup at IFC Center. I’ve been meaning to watch this since I first saw Four Rooms, the...
Review: Mirai
Just got back in from a screening of Mirai, the latest masterpiece from anime auteur Mamoru Hosoda. If Wolf Children represents the...
Review: Ida
Logged on to Kanopy to watch Ida, a beautiful Polish movie about a young orphan who, at the behest of the Catholic nuns that raised her,...
Review: Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
I’ve been meaning to check out the filmography of Belgian director Chantal Akerman for quite a while now, so tonight, I popped in...
Review: Inside Llewyn Davis
Took advantage of the blizzard to finally enjoy another neglected Christmas gift: Inside Llewyn Davis, by Joel and Ethan Coen. I can’t...
Fish Story: One Song Can Save the World
One song can save the world. At least, that’s the thesis statement of Yoshihiro Nakamura’s Fish Story, a film in which an obscure punk...
Review: Uzumasa Limelight
Logged on to Kanopy to watch Uzumasa Limelight, a beautiful movie about how the fickle entertainment industry occasionally leaves its...
Review: First Reformed
Went over to Angelika to catch a screening of First Reformed. I’ve mentioned before that certain movies can function as a Rosetta Stone...
Review: Filmworker
Taking advantage of an unexpected day off, I ventured out to Metrograph to catch a screening of Filmworker, a documentary about Leon...
Review: Lu Over the Wall
Ventured out to The Landmark at 57 West to catch a screening of Lu Over the Wall. This modern-day reinterpretation of The Little Mermaid...
Review: The Death of Stalin
Popped over to IFC Center to catch a screening of The Death of Stalin, a razor sharp work of satire from Armando Iannucci, the creator of...
Review: Woyzeck
Watched Woyzek on Fandor, continuing my long-overdue binge of Werner Herzog’s body of work. The director’s five collaborations with actor...
Review - Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht
Watched Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht on Fandor. I’d actually already seen this remake of F.W. Murnau’s classic silent...
Review: The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Logged on to Fandor to watch The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, a haunting character study about a mentally underdeveloped man in 19th Century...
Review: Stroszek
I’ve been meaning to more thoroughly explore Werner Herzog’s eclectic filmography ever since I discovered Aguirre, the Wrath of God back...
Review: Godard Mon Amour
Caught a screening of Godard Mon Amour at The Landmark at 57 West. I’m a great admirer of writer/director Michel Hazanavicius’ talent for...





















