Apr
23
ONCE UPON A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
As today’s date appears to offer a synchronicity of symbolic events—the Pope’s lying in state, St. George’
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Apr
19
IGUANAS AND VICODIN
I was talking with a close but routinely argumentative friend of mine last night, and we stumbled upon a rare
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Apr
18
TOP 5 EASTER RECORDINGS
Dear readers/subscribers,
As it's Easter weekend, I thought I'd quickly run through my top 5
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Apr
17
TWENTY SEVEN MINUTES
If we're talking about a pure cinematic flow state, the first twenty-seven minutes of Oliver Stone's
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Apr
16
A CINEMATIC SEANCE
I'm pretty sure only Oliver Stone could have directed the film about Jim Morrison and The Doors. In
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Apr
14
LAST OF THE SUMMER WHINE
I'm a professional cynic but my heart's not in it
I'm paying the price
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Apr
10
VALHALLA
"Indians scattered on dawn’s highway bleeding / Ghosts crowd the young child’s fragile eggshell mind." - Jim
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Apr
08
A BITTER FRUIT
So far, 2025 (culturally speaking) has been full of disappointment—though I’ve yet to see the Minecraft movie, which
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Apr
07
TAKING THE MICKEY
Well, after watching Adolescence (Netflix)—which has to be one of the most artless and morbid pieces of television I&
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Apr
05
THE PATH OF COMPASSION
Some things in life are best kept simple, as their clear emotional directness and sincerity strike the heart in a
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