Ashley Naftule
Ashley Naftule

Ashley Naftule

Playwright & freelance writer. Bylines in The AV Club, Bright Wall/Dark Room, Phoenix New Times, The Hard Times. Newsletter: https://ashleynaftule.substack.com/

Medium member since June 2018
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The Ongoing Wow: On Time & Terror in “Waking Life”

I. “I have these intricate dreams”

Jan 23, 2019 · 13 min read

Ten More Years Of Stan Lee Cameos And I’m Gonna Spoil Every One Of Them

Don’t despair, true believers: Just because Stan The Man is gone doesn’t mean we’ll never see him spike the camera in a future Marvel…

Dec 30, 2018 · 5 min read

Advance Base: Animal Companionship, ABBA, and the Art of Lowering Heart Rates

There are days where I think the Talking Heads’ “This Must Be The Place” is the greatest love song ever recorded. David Byrne’s yearning…

Dec 15, 2018 · 6 min read

It Opened Up My Eyes, I Saw The Sign: The Mise-en-scene of David Lean’s “Passionate Friends”

Perhaps the most shocking moment in David Lean’s The Passionate Friends is seeing H.G. Wells’ name in the opening credit. It’s easy to…

Nov 3, 2018 · 6 min read

Paradise Has An Electrified Fence: The Films of Nikolaus Geyrhalter

If there’s a unifying theme to Austrian filmmaker Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s challenging body of work, it’s an obsession with space. How people…

Oct 28, 2018 · 6 min read

“All Our Sweet Songs Are Sung”: Looking Back On The Twentieth Anniversary of Mark Hollis

Roland Aubrey Leighton died the way all poets lived: obsessing over a single line. A twenty-year old poet, Leighton was serving with the…

Aug 14, 2018 · 7 min read

Who Needs Story When You’ve Got Kung Fu?

It Came From The Wayback Machine Vol .11 (Orig. published in FilmBar, 2017)

Aug 2, 2018 · 5 min read

We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful: “Withnail & I”

It Came From The Wayback Machine Vol. 11 (Orig. published in FilmBar, 2017)

Jul 26, 2018 · 5 min read

California Dreams and Expiration Dates: “Chungking Express”

It Came From The Wayback Machine Vol. 10 (Orig. published in FilmBar, 2017)

Jul 22, 2018 · 9 min read

Not So Bitter After All: “Killer of Sheep”

It Came From The Wayback Machine Vol. 9 (Orig. published in FilmBar, 2017)

Jul 19, 2018 · 6 min read

Cherry Pie Wrapped In Barbed Wire: “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me”

It Came From The Wayback Machine Vol. 8 (orig. published in FilmBar, 2017…. prior to the conclusion of Twin Peaks: The Return)

Jul 16, 2018 · 11 min read

In Space, No Can Hear You Kill, Kill, Kill, Die, Die, Die: “Jason X”

It Came From The Wayback Machine Vol. 7 (orig. published in FilmBar, 2017)

Jul 13, 2018 · 5 min read

Shining A Light On “Shadow Of A Doubt”

It Came From The Wayback Machine Vol. 6 (Orig. published in FilmBar, 2017)

Jul 8, 2018 · 6 min read

Burning Down The House: Looking Back On “Do The Right Thing”

It Came From The Wayback Machine Vol. 5 (Orig. published in FilmBar, 2017)

Jul 5, 2018 · 5 min read

A Song of Angst & Flannel: “Game of Thrones” 90’s Style

Have you ever wondered what would happen if Game of Thrones took place during the 90’s alt-rock boom? Wonder no more! For absolutely no…

Jul 3, 2018 · 2 min read

I’d Rather Be A Dead Cat: On Curiosity

“So what do you look for in a partner?”

Jul 1, 2018 · 11 min read

Let’s Do The Time Warp Again…. And Again… And Again…. And Again…

It Came From The Wayback Machine Vol. 4 (orig. published in FilmBar, 2016)

Jun 30, 2018 · 5 min read

“Visual Drone”: Slowing Down with Tarkovsky & Tati

It Came From The Wayback Machine Vol. 3 (orig. published in FilmBar, 2017)

Jun 28, 2018 · 6 min read

“They Have To Say This Or They Wouldn’t Survive:” A Conservation with Cold Cave’s Wesley Eisold

If Cold Cave are right and people truly are poison, their beautiful & moody music would make a perfect antidote. Take a strong dose of Full…

Jun 26, 2018 · 5 min read

“And Everybody Knows That The Plague Is Coming”: 90’s Movies, Leonard Cohen, & Growing Up on the…

It Came From The Wayback Machine Vol. 2 (orig. published in FilmBar, 2016)

Jun 22, 2018 · 6 min read