2018 was a year. As I’m sure was the case for everyone, my 2018 had plenty of ups and downs – many fairly significant. But I ultimately came out of it relatively unscathed and optimistic for the future. In terms of my creative output, it was kind of a wash. I had some big wins […]
After watching most of the Oscar nominated films I’m actually interested in, I feel like I’ve seen enough to make my predictions for what will actually win – and what should. I’m still not quite at the point where I can make my own “best of 2017” film list as there’s a couple more films […]
When my second son was born, I went on a Doctor Who binge. Might as well watch something when you’re up for an hour or more a couple of times a night, right? Over the past couple of years, however, I found myself loving the show less and less. This lack of fondness coincided with […]
Kristen Stewart is fast becoming my favorite actress. She was far and away the best thing about Café Society, and was phenomenal in the all-around wonderful Clouds of Sils Maria. Now, she’s baring a different side of her soul in her directorial debut, the short film Come Swim. To call Come Swim avant-garde would be […]
It’s easy to see why others have compared Lantana to Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia (a film of which, full disclosure, I am a big fan)… First off, there’s the fact that they’re both named after native flowers of their setting. Then there’s the small matter of the virtually identical title treatment – which was surely […]