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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Redefining Horror: The Blind Menace
We all know the popular archetypes. The jock. The stoner. The virgin. Maybe a wheelchair-bound youth for some extra variety/pathos. Like...
Review: Belladonna of Sadness
I’ve only been back in New York for a few hours, and I’m already hitting my usual haunts. How could I possibly turn in early when...
Review: Tampopo
Dragged myself out of bed this morning and made my way over to the Film Forum (the same venue where I saw Chimes At Midnight earlier this...
Review: Miss Hokusai
Last night, I found out that an animated film I’ve been looking forward to for months was quietly released on Friday, to a criminally...
Review: Another Japanese Sci-Fi Double Feature
Today, I once again headed over to Japan Society for the final double feature in its science fiction retrospective: Blue Christmas and...
Review: A Japanese Sci-Fi Double Feature
Today, I returned to Japan Society (where I saw Blind Woman’s Curse) to enjoy another retrospective. This time, rather than featuring the...
Review: One More Kazuo Miyagawa Double Feature
Today marks the end of Japan Society’s Kazuo Miyagawa retrospective, and I simply couldn’t resist squeezing in one last double feature...
Review: A Kazuo Miyagawa Triple Feature
Returned to Japan Society (which has entered the second week of its retrospective celebrating the work of cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa)...
Review: A Certain Killer
Japan Society’s film department is hosting another retrospective, this time celebrating the illustrious career of Kazuo Miyagawa, one of...
Review: The Adventures of Captain Marvel
I was in the mood for something completely different, so I popped in my copy of Kino Lorber’s Blu-ray release of The Adventures of...
Review: Fire and Ice
Watched Fire and Ice on Kanopy. How in God’s name did I reach adulthood without having experienced this sword-and-sorcery masterpiece?...
Review: Noriko's Dinner Table
Watched Noriko’s Dinner Table on Fandor and… well, quite frankly, I don’t know where to start. In terms of the themes it explores (the...
Review: The Great Silence
Celebrated the successful completion of another job with a screening of The Great Silence at Film Forum (even though it doesn’t support...
Review: Tokyo Gore Police
Despite Fandor’s extensive library of bonafide classics (including a selection of Werner Herzog’s early filmography, which I really need...
Review: Tower
One more movie before bed: Tower, a nonfiction film about the 1966 UT clock tower shooting—an event that also inspired Harry Chapin’s...
Review: Eleven Samurai
Well, I forgot that today was Easter Sunday until it was too late to make any solid plans, so instead of treating myself to a fancy...
Review: Marronnier
While I generally prefer physical media, online streaming services can be useful on occasion. For example, I was browsing Fandor this...
Review - Zatoichi: The Television Series
I have a bad habit of not actually watching the DVDs and Blu-rays that I buy. Case in point: I purchased the first season of the Zatoichi...
Review - JSA: Joint Security Area
Watched JSA: Joint Security Area on Kanopy, a streaming service that comes free with every New York Public Library card. What begins as a...



















