“In Synonyms, the Search for Identity Does Not Lead to the Same Destination as the Search for Happiness”

Quick, find a word that means something similar to “this is a real gosh darn good movie.” Continue reading →

Review: Is That You?, 2016, dir. Dani Menkin

Pardon me for falling off the “share my work” train, and for flooding your email and your various social media feeds with all that stuff I haven’t shared for like a month. Also pardon me for recriminating myself instead of talking about Is That You?, the movie that this post will eventually link to by the … Continue reading →

Review: Youth, 2015, dir. Tom Shoval

“Brothers Shaul (Eitan Cunio) and Yaki (David Cunio) Cooper are as close as two siblings can be: They watch movies together, they pee together, and, when their family’s financial chips are down, they kidnap and ransom people together. Israeli filmmaker Tom Shoval’s film Youthbegins with Shaul hatching the brothers’ plot as he follows their target—wealthy … Continue reading →