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the chicken jockey mindset
experiences take over The Movies
Sep 22, 2025
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Dancing with Words and Pictures: A Brief Appreciation of Peter Rose
a short, incomplete, unchronological survey of an avant-garde clown's delightful filmography
Sep 11, 2025
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I liked Jurassic World: Rebirth and hated F1
notes on adventures in intellectual property management
Jul 9, 2025
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Shadows and Light Conspiring
on a rousing cinematic achievement inside Sufjan Stevens' Carrie & Lowell, an album celebrating its 10th year in 2025
May 30, 2025
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the cursed male camaraderie of FRIENDSHIP and VULCANIZADORA
It takes a lot of naivete to believe that it helps to shout and scream in the world, as if one’s fate would thereby be altered.
May 27, 2025
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on FILMO and celebrating 3 years of Pittsburgh Sound + Image
This time three years ago, my partner and I attended a program by a familiar face with a new name: Pittsburgh Sound + Image. PS+I is the brainchild of…
May 23, 2025
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The rapidfire journey to my latest film: "Upon Thy Glimmering Threshold"
notes on making a very short essay film about death in about a day and a half
May 16, 2025
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watching Paint Drying on Letterboxd
some brief thoughts on Letterboxd diarists
Apr 29, 2025
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the life and death of a scoundrel
notes on Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel
Apr 14, 2025
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"Hell is other moviegoers"
some loose thoughts on cinema audiences, and some updates
Apr 9, 2025
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Liliom, State Fair, and Rodgers & Hammerstein's Path to Carousel
"We have no plans that don't include each other."
Mar 25, 2025
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a throwback survey of Marc Webb's music video career
a journey through the Snow White director's origins alongside the sad white faces of 00s pop punk
Mar 20, 2025
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Box Office GROSS #1-3 /// "LETTERBOXD HIGHLIGHTS" volume #1
some deranged non sequitors, gentle roasts, normie notes, shouts to the void
Mar 17, 2025
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introducing Box Office GROSS, a podcast about the good, bad and ugly hits of 20 years past
There comes a time in every man’s life when he decides it’s finally time to commit his very important voice to digital memory in the form of a podcast.
Mar 11, 2025
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