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My Top 10 Films

Any honest top 10 is never finished. The taste might stay the same, but the particulars will change.

A good top 10 can also be more like a statement of purpose. Certain archetypes might be represented. Certain directors. But your identity as a film goer should shine through…

The 10 Best U2 Songs

No introduction necessary. In chronological order.

“Tomorrow”

Okay, Yeah, “M:I-2” Is Actually A Masterpiece

I’m persuaded. This meme is correct.

Agents of Their Own Destruction: Horror’s New Final Girls

There is an inescapable tension in how horror handles its women.

On the one hand, the genre is defined by exploitation and slut shaming, the worst puritanical instincts of our culture.

St. Vincent Is Writing A Love Song To You

I don’t usually talk about music, but she’s kind of theatrical. Last night, St. Vincent christened The Anthem, the new temple on the Washington waterfront. It was one of those epic nights. The crowd was right.

“Moonlight”, The Door And A Whole Life in Moments

Life rarely announces itself. It’s a series of small moments strung together to reveal a greater whole. That’s something that great films, like MOONLIGHT, understand well.

How “La La Land” Won By Losing

I don’t intend for this site to become a home for #takes — and this one is only half-serious. But it’s still dying to be written.

(Necessary interjection here that MOONLIGHT is a lovely film. Its character work is some of the best I’ve ever seen; I…