Going Out of Book
A recent episode of the Film Comment podcast brought back “Movie Gifts,” a roundtable conversation…
Ready to Update
When I was a child, we got cable. It was probably 1983, the year my…
Talking Down
So this morning, my kid is watching game-play videos on YouTube. Which he does pretty…
Stars Upon Thars
The impulse with any serious parenting conversation is to have it when your kid is…
Shibboleth
The word “shibboleth” refers to a story in the Bible in which the word, which…
The Shield, In The Style Of
SPOILERS for the entirety of The Shield. The Shield is a single, structurally perfect story.…
Taco Break: Unintentional Double Features
Last week, I had a night to watch videos, so I picked up The Belko Experiment…
A Thing For Loveplay and Movie-Watching
I had Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy from the library. The original miniseries. And it turned…
Taco Break: The Quiltbag Film Festival
Ed’s note: This is a bit of a ramble…think of today’s Taco Break as a…
Women’s Friendships
It’s busy season around here at the Ren household. The first three weekend in August…