Pop Culture Shock

Though I’m not quite a silver screen fiend, I have a deep love for film. As I was discussing with a friend, what our peers are to copious purchases of vinyl records, I am to movie subscriptions and Criterion Blu-rays. I’m always devouring essays on craft, and have gone on to try to practice the … Continue reading Ready Player One (2018) – dir. Steven Spielberg →

I love making movies. My favorite joke about this is to say, “Yes, I’m a visually impaired filmmaker, but Beethoven has gone down as arguably the greatest filmmakers of all time, and he was deaf… and a dog.” Am I good at what I do? I don’t know. But the pieces I put together, be … Continue reading The Rider (2017) – dir. Chloe Zhao →

Our pop culture landscape as it exists today does not exist without Star Wars. No one knew what this sci-fi fairy tale was in 1977. As much as George Lucas says he had this or that mapped out, history has revealed that he could never nail down this pastiche of Flash Gordon and Kurosawa pictures. … Continue reading Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) – dir. Rian Johnson →

Even as someone who waivers on religion, I’m endlessly fascinated by Jesus Christ. Rather, I’m endlessly fascinated by the way we envision him and are meant to value his humanity, or at very least as a literary figure. With Christ’s supposed perfection in mind, how does someone whose unfailing goodness defines them make for a … Continue reading Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (2018) – dir. Morgan Neville →

I often wonder if most other people feel as alone as I do. Even though I have several good friends, some adored workplace proximity acquaintances, a killer family, and other perfectly pleasant associations in my life, I can’t say have many close friends. I have several people in my life who I call best friends, … Continue reading Moonlight (2016) – dir. Barry Jenkins →