The 2010s of cinema are about to finish. The omnipresence of Marvel and the evolution of home video are not the only thing audiences should remember about this interesting decade in film. Forget not that this decade was also the decade that gave us The Human Centipede.
In the grand scheme of things, perhaps not many positive things will be said about this decade. Historians may remember it for...
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

All things must end, even a mega-successful film series that started forty-two years ago. The sci-fi powerhouse that has produced about a dozen on-screen films, several television shows, and countless other novels and games is finally coming to an end (sort of). The Rise of Skywalker is the ninth and...
Wednesday, December 25, 2019
10 Years: My Favorite Articles Over the Past Decade

Ten years ago today, I saw the film The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, a mostly delightful film directed by Terry Gilliam and starring Heath Ledger in what was his final film. I was in Seoul, South Korea, beginning my overseas career that has taken me to Europe, Asia, and Africa. I decided to write...