“‘The Virtues’: Shane Meadows Mines His Past For This Intense, Tender Story Of Survival”

Back on the TV beat with what may well end up being one of my most enduring watches of the year, because nothing haunts the mind like child abuse. Continue reading →

Talk to Me: What Are You Watching, 03/13 – 03/19 (St. Patty’s Day Edition)

If at any point this past week, particularly Thursday, you were seized by a sudden and inexplicable urge to bark out a good old Éirinn go Brách while embarrassing yourself and others in your vicinity by having too much to drink while wearing green, well, you know why: Thursday was Saint Patrick’s Day, that massively important … Continue reading →

A Quiet Shame: Movies About the Catholic Church Sex Scandal

Movie Mezzanine, one of my long-time outlets (if you count two years, give or take, as a long time on any quantifiable scale), underwent a makeover in 2016, and I’m happy to share my first contribution to the site in all of its new and shiny glory: an essay about the Catholic Church sex scandal on … Continue reading →

For Your (Re)Consideration

“Another year, another Academy Awards ceremony. Funny, isn’t it, how every three hundred and sixty five days we go through the same ritualized process of spurning the Oscars and then gluing ourselves to the television the day they air; we like to pretend that we’re above all the pomp and circumstance, but for better or … Continue reading →

Crump’s Top Ten Of 2014

It’s December 31st, the last day of the year, and that means it’s time for me to finally weigh in on my top ten movies of 2014, even though I have already done so twice in critics voting. Top ten lists are always a tricky thing. They’re alive. They breathe, they grow, they evolve; I … Continue reading →