Category Archives: film & theater

“These are times that try men’s souls,” Thomas Paine wrote in 1776, although it many ways, it feels as though these words could have been written yesterday. In times when it feels as though the whole world is ending, it helps me to remember history. I often think about the scene from The Seventh SealContinue reading “times like these”

While quarantined in the Midwest, I’ve been watching Cobra Kai on Netflix. As a writer, it’s tough for me to set down my analytic eye and simply watch something. This show is one of those rare exceptions. From start to finish, it’s just fun. Without giving anything away, it’s made me think quite a bitContinue reading “hollow victories”

When we can do whatever we want, we over often find ourselves overwhelmed. We turn to other people to tell us what to do, what to say, and how to act. In the end, we all want someone to tell us what to do. We come together as a society and agree on rules andContinue reading “dizzy to the point of paralysis”

I recently watched Doctor Sleep, the film sequel to The Shining. Much of our entertainment these days relies on nostalgia, the recreation of stories experiences we’ve previously encountered. Hence the expansion of franchising and endless barrage of sequels. However, the implementing of this nostalgia can work in one of two ways, evoking one of theContinue reading “the two nostalgias”