Steven RubioWelcome to WrexhamTwo years ago, actors Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds bought Wrexham A.F.C., a Welsh soccer club that plays in the English soccer system…Aug 23, 2022Aug 23, 2022
Steven RubioLinguica and Me(I wrote this in 1999. Recently, I heard from the son of the Moniz sausage man, and I thought about this essay.)Aug 10, 2022Aug 10, 2022
Steven RubioExpansive Subjectivity(This is a brief excerpt from a piece I wrote for a 2015 anthology, Talking about Pauline Kael: Critics, Filmmakers, and Scholars Remember…Aug 1, 2022Aug 1, 2022
Steven RubioRocketman, or, Where Is Davey Johnstone?In many ways, Rocketman is a typical biopic. It’s constructed as a flashback, with Elton John putting himself into rehab and telling…Jun 9, 2019Jun 9, 2019
Steven RubioDeadwood: The MovieI’m on record as believing that the first two Godfather movies are the best films of all time. When The Godfather Part III came out, I…Jun 1, 20191Jun 1, 20191
Steven RubioOnce Upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone, 1984).I like the stink of the streets. It makes me feel good.Jan 2, 2019Jan 2, 2019
Steven RubioFaces Places (Agnès Varda and JR, 2017)Varda makes you want to live a better life, makes you want to appreciate what you have while you still have it.Oct 4, 2018Oct 4, 2018
Steven RubioSorry to Bother You (Boots Riley, 2018)Sorry to Bother You has so many things going on that it’s tempting to blurt out all of the oddities, the ones that work and the ones that…Jul 9, 2018Jul 9, 2018
Steven Rubiotender age baby jailsWe are seeing things right now on our American borders that are so shockingly and disgracefully inhumane and un-American that it is simply…Jun 20, 2018Jun 20, 2018