I’m Streaming I’m Beaming Notice I Ain’t Screaming (It’s My Day Today)

"Tell me, why? Tell me, why?Is it hard to make arrangements with yourselfWhen you're old enough to repayBut young enough to sell?"       [...]

No Explosions No Sex No Supernatural Just Great Cinema Aki Kaurismaki's Proletariat Triology

When I taught middle school I would occasionally meet my father for lunch at a nearby Chinese restaurant. Once he brought my older brother along. All [...]

Reflections on My Recent Cinema Binge

I saw as many films in theaters in the past two months of 2013 as I did in the first ten months of the year. This is directly attributable to Hollywood [...]

My Top Ten Films for 2013

1. Nebraska (Payne)2. Inside Llewyn Davis (Coens)3. Frances Ha (Baumbach)4. Blue Jasmine (Allen)5. Kill Your Darlings (Krokidas)6. La Grande Belleza (Sorrentino)7. [...]

My Doctor's Appointment Yields Expected Non News and So I Write About it and Life

Yours truly...not recently."Actually we're going to use this room." The very short stout nurse directed me to one of the examining rooms in the urologist's [...]

Say Hey Have a Merry Christmas

Not only is Santa black, he's Willie Ma [...]

Portrait of an Artist as An Angry Man - Inside Llewyn Davis

I grew up with an image of folk singers as kind hearted people wise and noble singing of peace this land being made for you and me and the eternal hope [...]