My account, appropriately named TheFilmJournal: https://boxd.it/2OJqH I’ll be posting fun lists that pair perfectly with my past and present essays I have published on Medium. Look for updates and new lists often. Naturally I’ll be posting here as well. It’s been way too long, I recently got a new job/promotion. I’m now manager of an independent movie theater! It’s very exciting, but I think I finally might be settled enough to allow myself time to actually write again.

I Was on a Podcast! I can’t believe I didn’t think to put this up on here sooner. If you’re interested check out this awesome live podcast on Facebook (my specific interview is linked below), he interviews great creative people. Like and follow them to keep up to date on upcoming podcasts.

Out of all the changes we have had to go through as a society this year, the inability to go to the movie theater has affected me the most. It hasn’t been the isolation, the working from home, inability to go to bars or try on clothes at Macys; it’s…

1. Q- What were the most challenging parts of writing your book? A- “There was a good and bad challenge. The bad… someone should have told me that writing a book is hard. A lot of my material was adapted from topics I have spoken or lectured about before. It’s…

When I first saw The Dragon Tattoo Trilogy (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009, Niels Arden Oplev), The Girl who Played with Fire (2009, Daniel Alfredson), The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (2010, Daniel Alfredson) In addition to Fincher’s 2011 adaptation) I had such a strong urge to…

Cinephile Interview Series: Actor David Ogrodowski I’m very happy to be sitting down with a longtime friend and collaborator of mine, actor David Ogrodowski. …

Pj Gaynard worked as the cinematographer for The Business of Recovery (2015), A World That Brings Peace (2015), Devil Dogs (2017), and more recently Rehabilitation of the Hill (2018). …

Cinephile Interview Series: Writer/Director Kevin Hejna Kevin Hejna has directed some amazing films over his career, such as; Power Play (2016), Angel and the Stockbroker (2018), Marked (2018), and Saving Grandpa (2018). Of course there are many other films he’s written and directed as well. …

Cinephile Interview Series: Podcaster Daniel C. Brewer Today I’m so happy to have a discussion with my friend, and fellow hardcore cinephile, Daniel C. Brewer. Daniel runs a Facebook page and a podcast that are both dedicated to film and the discussion of it. …