Enter Plowman: THE PLOW THAT BROKE THE PLAINS
The Midwest United States, closer to both Washington DC and Hollywood than they are to…
Lunch Links: THE OFFICE OF MISSING CHILDREN
This year, short films about immigration and border patrol have been hot on the film…
Lunch Links: THE DERBY
There are fewer examples of American capitalism than the worlds clashing around the Kentucky Derby.…
Film on the Internet: FYRE: THE GREATEST PARTY THAT NEVER HAPPENED
Netflix’s documentary on the Fyre Festival will probably mostly be remembered for its odd Prestige/Illusionist double-act…
Lunch Links: THE HOUSE IS INNOCENT
The House is Innocent (2015) dir. Nicholas Coles Many have laughed in the face of…
Film on the Internet: ABDUCTED IN PLAIN SIGHT
Abducted in Plain Sight (originally titled Forever ‘B,’ and renamed to sound more like a…
The True/False Festival Experience
I’ve been fortunate to attend a fair number of film festivals, partly for professional reasons,…
Film on the Internet: CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS
Currently available via HBO Go/HBO Now. Director Andrew Jarecki’s ambiguous and sometimes skin-crawling dive into…
Lunch Links: MY DEAD DAD’S PORNO TAPES
What’s in an item? Why do we keep what we keep? In Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In The…
The poetry of the in-between: FAST, CHEAP & OUT OF CONTROL (Year of the Month)
The chair has four legs… Now, an animal has a one track mind, For instance,…