PinnedDavid S. HeinemanOnce More, With Feeling: Sustaining Community through Affective ScholarshipThe following remarks were delivered as a keynote address prior to the screening of my documentary film NEPADOC at the 83rd Annual…14 min read·Oct 4, 2023----
David S. HeinemanSearching Something Awful: Gleaning Meaning from LeetspeakLate last year, I learned that Richard “Lowtax” Kyanka, the creator of the website Something Awful, committed suicide at the age of 45. His…25 min read·Jan 7, 2022----
David S. HeinemanEvergreen Themes and Visual Provocations in Ingmar Bergman’s “The Virgin Spring”In many respects, writing about an Ingmar Bergman film is a daunting task. Few directors’ oeuvres have been more picked over by amateur and…8 min read·Nov 30, 2021----
David S. HeinemanAkira Kurosawa, “Dreams,” and Collective MemoryFor many American film aficionados, Akira Kurosawa belongs to a select cadre of foreign directors, along with names like Bergman…14 min read·Aug 3, 2020----
David S. HeinemanHiking Weiser State Forest (Aristes, PA) — July 2020Roaring Creek Tract7 min read·Jul 4, 2020----
David S. HeinemanHiking Lake Chillisquaque at the Montour Preserve (Washingtonville, PA) — May 2020Chilisuagi Trail and Ridgefield Point Loop Trail5 min read·May 30, 2020----
David S. Heineman“Fantasia” at 80, in Four MovementsDeems Taylor introduces Walt Disney’s Fantasia by explaining that the film will offer “three kinds of music” — the kind that tells a story…17 min read·May 29, 2020----
David S. HeinemanHiking the Geisinger Stewardship Forest (Danville, PA) — April 2020As I have started hiking more regularly over the past few months, the location that I’ve visited more frequently than others is a series…5 min read·Apr 21, 2020----
David S. HeinemanHiking Ricketts Glen State Park (Benton, PA) — February 2020Grand View Trail and Old Beaver Dam Rd. Trail4 min read·Feb 15, 2020----