Badlands
Celebrating Terrence Malick for Ebert Presents! Now get out of here and go see Tree of Life.
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The Tree of Life
motherhood I became aware of my mortality before we had a dining room table. I don’t recall the exact age, I only know the arrangement of furniture, and the dining room then was just an empty space to...
View ArticleEbert Presents: Who’s That Knocking At My Door
Discussing Martin Scorsese’s first feature film while standing in a kitchen.
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Attack the Block
streets On Saturday nights in 1993, the TNT television channel played science fiction movies back to back beginning at midnight. They called this the TNT “Monster Movie Marathon.” As my parents had...
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Drive
drive I am an extremely quiet person, and since quiet constitutions are often regarded with suspicion, I appreciate films with extremely quiet heroes. The quiet is what I admired most about Drive, at...
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This is the Problem: Writing About Film
marlene How can I communicate the importance of a film without one dimensionalizing it and destroying its magic? I don’t know. I never want to discuss cinema in a leaden and academic way, but what...
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Certified Copy
*I am traveling right now, and am uneasy and anxious. Interestingly, in the past few days I’ve found myself yearning for the comfort of Juliette Binoche’s breasts in Certified Copy, and so I am...
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Ebert Presents: Race and the Movies
See parts 2 & 3 of the episode at www.ebertpresents.com And below are a few of my previous Race in Film posts that elaborate on some of the films and ideas mentioned on the show! L’eclisse: In...
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Pasolini’s Accatone
**Update: Accatone is a pain in the ass to see, but it’s on youtube right now. Great quality in one full video. Watch it before it vanishes (make sure to turn on CC)** Ballila the Fat Thief to...
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Keira Knightley’s Vagina (A Dangerous Method)
method A Dangerous Method opens with the ominous notes of a cello, that, leading out of the opening credits, give way to a horn & string crescendo and the disturbing first scene: Sabina Spielrein...
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Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie! (and more)
Ay dios dios dios mio. I’ve forgotten to post these links and you’ve been staring at Keira Knightley’s vagina for almost two months. Below are some articles I’ve written recently for Salon. They’re TV...
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Wes Anderson’s Arrested Development
My immediate reaction to Wes Anderson isn’t hatred, love, or even annoyance. It’s jealousy. After scorn-filled years spent perceiving him as a threat to my personal identity, this is the...
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Things at Sundance
chancha Today at Sundance I wandered aimlessly around a supermarket picking up different cheeses and putting them back down. I can never decide on a brie. Cheese-less I journeyed to a bustling main...
View ArticleThe Wandering Spiritual Nomadic Couchsurfer of Sundance
Why is it that the culture surrounding art is so far removed from the process of making that art? I suspect this week is hell for many filmmakers here. The world you have to exist in as a great artist...
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Prince Avalanche
Paul Rudd walked by me on Main Street in Park City wearing reflective sunglasses so I couldn’t see if his eyes could see that my eyes saw him and were staring. I knew it was him from the way he...
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Django Unchained
django I’m off to focus on my own films now. Here is my last post, my thoughts on Django, completely unedited. This is what something I write looks like before it’s anywhere close to being finished....
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The White Default
One more thing: Here’s an article I wrote for Salon. “How Can White Americans Be Free?” The default belief that the white experience is a neutral and objective one hurts both white and American...
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