PinnedTo Leave a Trace: Cinematic Depictions of Ghosts, Death, and PreservationAn exploration of films that take wildly different approaches to the topic of death, but all hover around a common truth.Feb 13, 2024Feb 13, 2024
PinnedScavengers Reign: Visually beautiful, emotionally insufficientAs excited as I was for Scavengers Reign — a rare animated sci-fi series — I’m not sure it lived up to my most fanciful expectations.Nov 12, 20234Nov 12, 20234
PinnedPublished inCuriousSimon Stålenhag’s “The Labyrinth” Book Review: A New Terrifying and Timely Sci-Fi Story From the…“The Labyrinth” is the science-fiction brilliance that we have come to expect from Simon Stålenhag.Dec 17, 2020Dec 17, 2020
PinnedPublished inCuriousThe Art of Empathetic CinemaEmpathy: In the increasingly polarized and hostile world we seem to live in, it’s easy to believe that it’s a lost art…Oct 20, 20201Oct 20, 20201
PinnedMemories, Film, and Finding Comfort in the Unexplained“The difference between film and memory is that films are always false. They are composed of a series of scenes. But memories mix truth…”Jun 10, 2020Jun 10, 2020
The Electric State: Anatomy of a Missed OpportunityI have seen The Electric State, and what follows is not a review so much as a post-mortem.14h ago14h ago
March Book Preview: I Leave It Up to You by Jinwoo Chong, Love and Other Paradoxes by Catriona…The beginning of March 2025 brings with it some exciting sophomore novels from two authors known for their science fiction debuts.Mar 3Mar 3
Has Pixar’s Oscars dominance come to an end?With the Latvian film Flow winning the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, Pixar is now in its longest losing streak.Mar 37Mar 37
10+ books under 250 pages to help hit your 2024 reading goalDecember can be a mad rush to reach your yearly reading goal, so here are some short (but excellent) books to help you get there.Dec 9, 2024Dec 9, 2024
Lauren Mayberry’s “Vicious Creature”: worthwhile experimentation from the CHVRCHES frontwomanWhile Mayberry’s solo endeavor doesn’t necessarily reach her usual band’s heights, the album’s eclectic charm proves to be worth the wait.Dec 5, 2024Dec 5, 2024
