Double Feature: On Falling in Love with Ghosts
Most notably in film noir, but also detectable in drama and fantasy, Hollywood films immediately after World War II often circled around moods of despair and loss. The war had […]
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Three Poems
That Sweet Salt Ignorance So Itchy Sonnet No. 5 for all those who don’t hold my three-days-late birth against me
Double Feature: Exit Through the Gift Shop and F for Fake
The ordinary rules don’t apply here. Pulling this double feature on an unsuspecting audience — people with no prior experience of the French New Wave, or essay films, or mockumentaries […]
Kids’ Names
I love cool names, and the thought of bestowing some on children of my own has always excited me. Considering how many steps I still need to take to become […]
Facebook Links #5
I’ve selected seven of the most interesting online articles I shared on Facebook in August and September of this year. Cited below are excerpts that spell out the gist of […]
What Christians and Critics Have in Common
At this point in my life, becoming a movie critic feels like the most attractive and most pursuable career goal — and if a career doesn’t pan out, at least […]
Double Feature: Man with a Movie Camera and Russian Ark
Man with a Movie Camera has an average shot length (ASL) of 2.3 seconds and contains 1,729 individual shots. Russian Ark, by contrast, has an ASL of about 91 minutes and […]
Facebook Links #2
Worthwhile articles I shared on Facebook in February and March, with excerpts to give you a taste for each of them, although of course I recommend you read the complete […]
Classical Music, Proust, Finish Lines, and Me
I felt a twinge of finality on the Monday before last as a project of mine came to completion. My iTunes library has been a bit of an obsession since […]
My Bloggings in 2013
That title began as a typo. It looks cute, so I’m keeping it. Happy New Year, everyone! In order to maintain discipline in blogging regularly, I feel some resolutions are […]
Geppetto's Clocks 