Archive for September, 2011

Drive (2011)

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

My review of Drive is published at Filmwell.

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The Five Obstructions (2003)

Monday, September 19th, 2011

The Five Obstructions was one of the films I shared in my week-long film seminar at The Glen Workshop in 2011. My thoughts on the film and the discussion it inspired are published at Good Letters, the blog of Image.

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Is this a review of Drive or Tangled?

Friday, September 16th, 2011

Here you go: Two reviews for the price of one. Drive… and Tangled.  (more…)

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How to get a signed volume from The Auralia Thread for free…

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

Buy a book from The Auralia Thread from your local bookstore, and I’ll send you another book from the series free of charge!

Here’s how this deal works… (more…)

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Contagion (2011)

Saturday, September 10th, 2011

My review of Contagion is published at Filmwell.

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Please won’t you be my neighbor?

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

Just try and read this essay about Mr. Rogers without crying.  (more…)

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When it comes to rock and roll, there are no “good old days.”

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

Today’s must-read: Andy Whitman tells us to shut up about how music used to be great. (more…)

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U2 GQ

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

U2 are GQ’s Men of the Year. I noted this in an earlier post, but now… (more…)

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Fingertips: Downton Abbey; 9/11 film critics; Coen Brothers; Wuthering Heights; Will Beetlejuice return?; Free live music; U2… and more.

Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

I don’t watch much television, but I’m making Downton Abbey, Season Two a priority as soon as it’s available.

Go back and watch Season One if you missed it. *Especially* if you’re a fan of Robert Altman’s Gosford Park.

And speaking of things that you might find interesting, here are several more… (more…)

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“Confessions of a Cage Fighter”

Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

I’ve been intrigued by the conversation swirling around this provocative article that was published at The Other Journal: “The Confessions of a Cage Fighter: Masculinity, Misogyny, and the Fear of Losing Control.” 

Matt Morin’s article does pick on one particular pastor. But that is, in part, because that particular pastor has made himself such an easy target on this issue, and because he influences so many other leaders.  (more…)

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