On growing up a Jehovah's Witness and escaping through the movies. Read More
On the Before trilogy, and when midnight comes for love. Read More
We want happily ever after, or at least a chance to believe that exists. Which is exactly why a film like Blue Valentine is so very hard to watch. Read More
But Bull Durham also shows us what we should love about growing older—how external and internal circumstance define possibility, and increase pressure to use time most preciously. Read More
Instead, Don Jon shows the pathology of addiction around a substance that is rarely conceded as addictive in the first place. Read More
In the very first moments of Todd Louiso’s Hello I Must Be Going there is a close-up on Melanie Lynskey’s eyes where they are so dark as to look pupil-less. Read More
In The Broken Circle Breakdown, love doesn’t necessarily survive. Because sometimes, the film seems to say, it can’t. Read More
On Bright Star and Fanny Brawne. Read More
I’m interested in something deeper, something that may seem silly or overwrought to people who don’t have animals in their lives. I’m talking silver screen love stories between human beings and their dogs. Read More