Sometimes movies of great historical import, turning points in the development of the medium, are tough to sit through.
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42nd Street (1933)
Author: Dan Stalcup
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The Last Five Years (2014)
In the late ‘90s, musical playwright Jason Robert Brown married an actress named Terri O’Neill.
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The Housemaid (2025)
It might just be my undying love for Freaks and Geeks, but I’ll basically always show up for a Paul Feig joint
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The Princess Bride (1987)
Rob Reiner and William Goldman baked a little magic trick into The Princess Bride that I don’t think I fully appreciated as a kid
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Persuasion (2007)
Since I responded very powerfully to Emma (2020) a few years ago, I’ve gradually become a Jane Austen appreciator.
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Blue Moon (2025)
The most crucial moment in Blue Moon arrives in the very first scene, when the protagonist, Lorenz Hart (Ethan Hawke), dies.
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Goals for 2026
I write this in the middle of a motivational and creative drought.
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Looking Back: Goals for 2025
We’ve entered the navel-gazing portion of the calendar.
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Hamnet (2025)
The world needs weepies.
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The Perfect Neighbor (2025)
It’s not often you can honestly describe a film as both “exploitative” and “restrained,” but The Perfect Neighbor lives in an unsettling overlap — and gets a lot of its magnetic power from the fact that it pushes past tasteful boundaries in some areas pulls back in others.