Underrated Film PerformanceA colleague and acquaintance of mine Jesse Hassenger wrote a great piece in the Guardian on underlooked performances of 2024 so I thought…1d ago1d ago
Celebrities I Interviewed and How I Did ItI wouldn’t call this bragging because 1) I’ve failed at this A LOT too, 2) my entire journalism goal isn’t to just interview hollywood…Jan 2Jan 2
Some Articles I wrote in 2024Remember to fill this out if interested in being published outside of Medium in a course I teach.Dec 28, 2024Dec 28, 2024
A Meditation on Place Names for Movie and TVI’m currently in Atlanta, and something that popped up on my TV was a show named after the city.Dec 28, 2024Dec 28, 2024
Published inFlicks TV HoundHulu Goes Full Agatha Christie in Death and Other DetailsThe upstairs-downtown murder mystery in the mold of Hercules Poirot presents strong idiosyncratic characters and measured aesthetics but is…Dec 24, 20241Dec 24, 20241
Published inCounter ArtsA Look At The Significance Of ‘Dirty Dancing’Is this just another teen movie or a more transcendent meditation on cultural boundaries, love, and relics of ClassismDec 23, 20241Dec 23, 20241
Cruel Intentions Could Use a More Endearing Lead But It’s WatchableCruel Intentions (Amazon Prime)-Adapted from the 18th-century novel “Dangerous Liaisons” in which a ladykiller and his ex-lover make a…Dec 23, 2024Dec 23, 2024
Nine Notes on Indiana Jones and the Dial of DestinyOnce again, the critics overlook a great filmDec 12, 2024Dec 12, 2024
Perils of Intersectionality and the Case of Taylor SheridanFilm maker Taylor Sheridan (Wind River, Hell or High Water, Sicario; and the TV megahit Yellowstone) grew up near an Indian reservation and…Dec 7, 2024Dec 7, 2024
The Time I Made a “Problematic” CrosswordLooking for ways to expand my creative talents, I once got into attempting to write crosswords. I sold one and then lost my interest.Dec 4, 20241Dec 4, 20241