Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
True confession time: I read a lot of Jane Austen in graduate school. This means having not only read Austen’s first-written, last-published horror-ish novel Northanger Abbey, but also The Mysteries of Udolpho,...
Category: film
On Florence King and “Carol”
The recent passing of conservative writer and humorist Florence King has gotten a lot of press, and I can only find it fittingly ironic that King has passed while the move “Carol” is still...
Another Picture in Wikipedia
Nice to see Wikipedia using another one of my pictures. This one is of the “Soska Sisters” from Fantastic Fest!
Star Wars: Why The Huge Opening Matters
During the hoopla of the opening weekend for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” it’s been hard not to feel left out. I grew up in the 70s in the small town of Deer Park,...
Brooklyn: A Classic Film to Be
“Brooklyn” is one of the prettiest films I’ve seen in a long time, as well as a film that feels like updated classic cinema. The story of Irish girl Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), who...
Austin Film Festival 2015
The Austin Film Festival has come and gone for another year. Here’s a snapshot of my Austin Film Festival experience in social media! [View the story “The Austin Film Festival 2015!” on Storify]
My Column Was a Fantastic Fest “Moment.”
Other than the sharing of content, a letter to the editor and the occasional Reddit comment thread, I don’t really know who is reading my work. So even though I missed this when it...
Victoria: A Wild Single-Shot Ride of a Film
I saw the film “Victoria” at Fantastic Fest this fall, only because the world-of-mouth at the festival was so good. I had originally dismissed the film as just a “trick” because of it having...
The Assassin: A Visual Masterpiece
As a highly visual person, I’m always looking for films and experiences that are lovely and different for my eyes. The Assassin is a lovely, lyrical film. Director Hou Hsiao-Hsien has given us a...
Fantastic Fest Photo Recap!
Earlier this month, Fantastic Fest wrapped up. You might have caught the column I wrote about Fantastic Fest films from Africa for the Austin America-Statesman, the Fantastic Debates pictures I published or the LAZER...
