How much can you like a movie just because you really want to like a movie? I’ve been chomping at the bit to watch Forbidden Fruits since I first heard rumblings of its premiere at SXSW: a witchy, second-coming of Jennifer’s Body, horror film about a group of
It keeps threatening to become spring in New York for a day or two at a time, only to yank us back into winter when we start getting complacent and leaving our sweaters at home. Even so, I got tired of waiting and finally started reading God of the Woods
I hated The Bride!. I’m obsessed with The Bride!. I considered walking out of The Bride!. I want to go see The Bride! in theaters again. The Bride! is feminist. The Bride! is misogynist. The Bride! is a singular artistic vision. The Bride! is a sloppy mess. I have
Are you all watching the Oscars next week? I’ve been trying to be better about actually watching the nominated films so I feel a bit more invested this year. Let me know if you want me to do an awards re-cap/thoughts! 1. Speaking of the best picture nominees,
I make it no secret that I love melodrama and sentimentality. While I can appreciate the merits of a quirky indie comedy, more interested in observing its characters like specimens under a microscope, my favorite films are always the ones that lean into big feelings: life, love and death, an
Hello from the snow kingdom NYC has become these past few weeks! Writing to you when the weather is a “balmy” forty degrees and soaking up every warm moment of it. The second it hits fifty I’ll be out there in shorts and sunglasses. Does anyone have good spring-feeling
I’m not religious but I love to dance. I don’t want to pretend like they’re the same thing but I do sometimes feel like I ascend to some kind of blissful heavenly plane amidst a sweaty crowd with a pulsing rhythm ringing in my ears. For this
Watching the first episode of Pluribus is like laying down to get a professional massage after years of clumsy backrubs. One scene in and you’re like what a fucking relief to finally be in good hands again. Like, not to be a snob but I came of age during
Not only is it the end of 2025, this is also the first full year of my (revamped) newsletter! Thank you for coming along on this journey of mine as I practice my review writing craft. I truly appreciate your time and attention. With that, I decided to compile a
Between getting COVID last month, daylight savings once again being thrust upon us this month, and that weird week where we had Tuesday off work for Veteran’s Day I’ve been feeling a little atemporal recently. But, apparently, we’re careening towards the holiday season, even though in my
Recently I watched Satan’s Rhapsody (1917), the first silent film I’d seen in a while, and I was struck by how the lack of dialogue forced ambiguity into the story. The medium prevents any complex plot machinations, instead relying on atmosphere and movement to drive the narrative and
Last week I got COVID (still recovering but definitely on the mend!) which meant I missed my self-imposed deadline of last Monday for my newsletter. So change of plans: instead of doing a long review and a grab bag for October I’ve opted for combining the two into a