The piece below first appeared in April 2005 on One Blog Two Blog, a concept blog that featured Jay Fanelli and me each responding to a prompt in 600 words or less. The prompt for this piece was “Best 86ed Idea…
Metaphilm saw fit to publish my piece on Pixar’s Up (2009), more or less on the occasion of the film’s release on DVD and Blu-Ray. In the piece, I argue that Up presents a kind of statement, by Pixar, on the role of…
My write-up of Knowing (2009) made it into Issue 66 of Bright Lights Film Journal.
In the piece, I describe Knowing as challenging viewers to think about the September 11th attacks with critical distance, rather than with the usual emotional charge. I’m thrilled…
