Ethan Warren
Ethan Warren
PositionSenior Editor
JoinedMay 27, 2017
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Ethan Warren is a senior editor for Bright Wall/Dark Room. Under contract with Columbia University Press, he is currently working on his first book, The Cinema of Paul Thomas Anderson. A member of the Boston Society of Film Critics and a graduate of the master's program in creative writing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, he lives on the south shore of Boston with his wife, Caitlin, and their children.
Penelope Cruz in Vanilla Sky (2001) | Paramount Pictures

In Defense of Indulgence

Ethan Warren·
Issue 80: A Fine Mess
Never have I encountered a more fascinating case of self-indulgence than the diptych of Abre los ojos and Vanilla Sky, two films identical in plot but divergent in story, one chilly and distant and the other seeming to have been shot from inside the most passionate depths of the director’s soul. Read More

No Man’s Land

Ethan Warren·
New Releases
It would be natural to assume it’s impossible to recreate Harold Pinter’s effects on-screen. What cinematic setting could ever replicate the feeling of an ordinary space that simultaneously exists in a howling metaphysical void? Read More