Month in Review – January 2021
At the end of every month of 2021, I’m going to be posting five of my best reviews from my Letterboxd here. In January, my girlfriend and I watched a…
The Top 20 Movies of 2020
2020 sucked. There’s no point in trying to sugar-coat its awfulness. For me, watching movies, new and old, was one of the only activities that made life feel bearable. I…
My Best First-Watches of 2020 – Part 3
Part 1 Part 2 Close Encounters of the Third Kind/A.I. Artificial Intelligence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBUAQGwzGk0 Steven Spielberg is among my favorite living filmmakers, and I somehow hadn’t seen two of his finest…
My Best First-Watches of 2020 – Part 2
Part 1 Part 3 Rope/Vertigo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Geu4LXm_GlY Alfred Hitchcock is one of the most accessible directors from Hollywood’s golden age, primarily due to his signature mastery of suspense. But just because…
My Best First-Watches of 2020 – Part 1
Part 2 Part 3 If you have known me at literally any point in my life, it won’t surprise you to hear that I watched a lot of movies in…
The Complete Guide to Jack Antonoff’s Musical Multiverse
If you’ve listened to pop music in the last decade, you’ve probably encountered Jack Antonoff’s music. As a gifted songwriter and multi-talented instrumentalist, the Bleachers frontman has become the go-to collaborator for Taylor Swift, Lorde, Lana Del Rey, St. Vincent, and numerous other pop stars.
The Monumental Musicality of Spike Lee
Tonight, David Byrne’s Broadway show American Utopia hits HBO, directed by Spike Lee. The acclaimed filmmaker has never made a full-blown musical, but music remains essential to his distinct artistic…
Every Aaron Sorkin Movie, Ranked
Some consider Sorkin the greatest living American screenwriter, while others dismiss him as overly indulgent and out of touch. It’s certainly true that not all of his scripts translate into great films, and some of them may not even be great scripts in the first place. But all of Sorkin’s work is utterly engaging, and his voice is one of the most distinct in modern American cinema.
(Almost) Every Taylor Swift Song, Ranked
In honor of folklore’s surprise release, I ranked every song from the studio discography of Taylor Swift, one of our greatest living songwriters –– even her weakest songs are better than most people’s best. There’s no live stuff, no Christmas songs, no covers, and no instances of Taylor as a featured artist. And I can’t include folklore yet because it needs time to unravel in my brain. Without further ado, here’s pretty much every Taylor Swift song, ranked.
45 Years Later, “Jaws” Highlights American Failure
Rather than taking comprehensive action to prevent grave consequences, our leaders follow Mayor Vaughn’s example, and almost exclusively opt for shortsighted, short-term solutions to set the public at ease –– band-aid solutions to keep many civilians from realizing that their perceived paper cuts are, in fact, mortal wounds.