movies

'Anora' Oscar Wins: Having Hope in Art (and Life) Again

Anora, the little film that could (though the biggest film seasoned indie filmmaker Sean Baker has done to date) won five Oscars tonight.

Mar 3 •

Notes on New German Cinema

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, and a movement marked by postwar reckoning and intentional discomfort

Feb 18 •

February: Movies that Look Like Cake and Passion

An appreciation post for the bold use of pink and red in film

Feb 4 •

Down the rabbit hole (pt. 2)

The end of the world, movies, celebs and birds

Jan 7 •

Cinema 2024 and Beyond: Adequate Images and Original Stories

Thoughts on Wicked, AI, IP and this year in film

Dec 4, 2024 •

The Substance and How We Treat Women

A group of friends and I went to experience The Substance together in theaters last month, most of us not knowing what to expect besides the rumored…

Nov 5, 2024 •

Anora, Kardashians and the Widening Wealth Gap

*Slight spoiler warning for the movie Anora. I say “slight” because I think the viewer would see the spoiler coming anyway...*

Oct 28, 2024 •

Down the rabbit hole we go...

Christian Bale, Count McNuggula and more

Oct 23, 2024 •

Donnie Darko on The Angeles Crest Highway

On waking dreams and multiple selves

Aug 30, 2024 •

August is for Air Conditioning

and Jake Gyllenhaal movies

Aug 17, 2024 •

My Desert. My Arrakis. My Dune.

aka, why I saw Dune 2 in theaters six times

Jul 16, 2024 •

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