In addition to keeping up with the plethora of movie writing and whatnot, I’ve also fancied myself a fiction writer. A small hobby that I would love to expand into something greater. More far-reaching. What follows is a small snippet of something that I’ve been writing. A micro-story that fits…

There’s something you should know about me and the murder mystery genre. Every retelling of a murder-most-foul — in literature, film, or art — can be promptly inserted into the category of comfort food. It’s positively thrilling to watch stumbled-upon dead cadavers be converted into exciting puzzles, with fairly reasonable…

“Definitively better than the sum of its parts,” is the most salient and succinct way of describing BARBARIAN. There’s nothing on paper that can do A24’s latest proper justice, nor even begin to describe the exhilaration from those lucky to have experienced it in theaters. I struggle, even now, to…

Director: Michael Bay Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Eiza González Reyna Instead of reading, “A Michael Bay Film,” the moniker above AMBULANCE should read: “A Michael Bay declarative statement.” …

The endorphin rush kicks in within the first 20 minutes of WEST SIDE STORY. It was sometime after the prologue, around the point when Riff gathers his Jets for a bit of strategizing. They’re angry, forsaken. “Depraved on account of being deprived,” to borrow a classic line. And as they…

And the Spike Lee snub you should be lamenting. The specter of DA FIVE BLOODS loomed large over the past month. Not for great reasons, unfortunately — maybe I’m wrong. …

The woods, themselves! They’re alive! It feels as though some films are untouchable. A tad blemished, maybe. Scrappy and Irregular around the corners, perhaps, but foundational nonetheless. Why is is that? Is it because they’ve spoken to some pertinent contemporary issue or captured the imagination of a social movement? Managed…

A well-staged tale of growing old that hardly anyone will watch. Director: Florian Zeller Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Coleman Here are some basic facts about THE FATHER: It’s a french-British coproduction; it’s based on director Florian Zeller’s play, “Le Père,” from a script penned by Zeller, himself; It stars two…

Struggling to find reason to visit movie theaters, or…anything, really. Full COVID-19 disclosure: I live in Tallahassee, Florida. Since late summer, much if not all business in the state has presumed unabated, save a couple of strict county mandates here and there. Given this unique situation, I understand that my…