‘THE END’ ISN’T THE ONLY WINNING POSITION IN FILM WATCHING
Last night I lay on the couch having just finished another episode of Netflix’s Daredevil and saying to myself that I feel like watching a movie. Uncertain as to what I want to watch I…
THANKS TO ‘BIRDMAN’ I’M QUESTIONING IF CRITICISM CAN BE ART?
Let me take a minute to skip the obvious “Of course it is” comment. Because it is. Or to be more clear it can be. Especially when criticism is what fuels art, as Birdman is. Birdman, as…
SPOILERS: A MODERN EVOLUTION THAT WE NEED TO IGNORE
This past weekend I released the latest episode of the Movies You Love Podcast — if you’ve never listened to it I recommend you check it out. In the process of editing it I couldn’t help…
MICHAEL MANN: MY STORY OF HOW I FELL IN LOVE WITH A FILMMAKER ON MY SECOND TRY
Note: This is a post that’s crossed over from The Matinee. Ryan, my friend, messaged me and asked me to write a column for him about a film or something specific about how I revisited…
THANK YOU HAYAO MIYAZAKI, AND WHY I MISS YOUR WORK ALREADY
I’m certain this isn’t news, but I’m a massive Hayao Miyazaki fan. I’ve seen all his films and after last year I can happily say I’ve seen at least one of them on the big…