“Sing Grief’s Nursery Rhyme with ‘Koko-di Koko-da'”

A review literally a year in the making. Continue reading →

Review: The Square, 2017, dir. Ruben Östlund

It might not be obvious based on my interview with Ruben Östlund – I try to keep it professional – but I dug The Square. I dug it so much that I wrote a review about it to pair with the interview. No preamble. Just a link. It’s over at Paste Magazine. Do your thing.

Interview: Ruben Östlund, The Square

It only occurred to me recently that I never did any writing about Force Majeure, that delightfully gelid, darkly comic Swedish parody of manhood; it’s a great film, as in truly great, as in not just “better than good” but “outstanding.” (So I guess it’s an outstanding film. Look, shut up.) Anyways: This occurred to me leading … Continue reading →

Review: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, 2010, dir. Niels Arden Oplev

Unspoken rule when discussing film adaptations of literary works: Films must be judged on their own merits rather than compared against the source material. For the most part, this seems fair. Film and literature, after all, constitute two very different storytelling mediums; the former must, if not for artistic purposes than for logistical ones, successfully … Continue reading →