Everything is Groundhog Day
What does invented lore do to to our relationship with film and shows? What does it change in how understand and interpret a story?
Storytelling
Crowning Achievement
The Crown achieves the ability to lead the viewer in two directions at the same time, which leads to the sum total of exposing the layers of human complexity and the ability to hold two or more conflicting positions simultaneously.
15 Minutes
I’ve written before about Not Breaking the Chain, which is making a daily habit out of any specific task, in my case writing, by marking off each day when completed. String those ‘x’s together and you’ve got a chain. The longer the chain the more satisfying the
Looking Around
Have you every watched a movie so many times that your eyes and ears begin to wander?
Reenter the Matrix
Rewatching The Matrix for the first time in many many years (maybe a decade), it stands as an even more remarkable and stunning piece of commercial art.
Bringing It Home
I’ve just completed the second season of For All Mankind (FAMK) on AppleTV+.
And Wow!
NOW, BEFORE I GET INTO THE WHY, HERE IS YOUR SPOILER WARNING. PLOT DETAILS WILL BE DISCUSSED AND REVEALED THAT COULD SPOIL YOUR VIEWING EXPERIENCE IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THE SHOW YET.
The
Peak Good
Mare of Easttown is good. With exceptional acting, an interesting, layered story, and a solid production, it’s a worth a watch.
A focused story about a woman and her job, a town and its people, and the shared experience of struggle, there is a lot to like. But while