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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Gushing About Grendel
How’d I miss the news that these beauties had dropped? I stumbled across them while browsing the shelves at Midtown Comics to kill time...
Dissecting Slender Man
Earlier today, IGN debuted a teaser poster for the upcoming theatrical film based on the Slender Man mythos. And honestly, judging it on...
MoviePassing On
So let me tell you about my day so far. Before I went to bed last night (by which I mean around 1:30 AM), I perused the MoviePass app to...
Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore: A Eulogy
As I type this, it is sixteen degrees Fahrenheit outside (an improvement over the past few days, but a long way from the warm weather I...
Review - Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms and Mumon: The Land of Stealth
Back in New York. Watched two in-flight movies on the way over: Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms - A beautiful animated fairytale...
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...



















