“2018 Oscars Preview: Who Will Win and Who Should Win”

Better late than never, I guess, except when it comes to the Oscars. Short version, since I don’t have much to say about the ceremony (as I did not watch): None of the movies or performances I wanted to win actually won. I’m okay. None of that comes as a surprise to me. This is … Continue reading →

“Vicky Krieps Talks About What We Don’t Really Talk About”

I’m going to try to break this down for you quickly: I interviewed Vicky Krieps. Specifically, I interviewed Vicky Krieps about her new film, The Young Karl Marx, but because there are so many similarities between her role in The Young Karl Marx and Phantom Thread, I wound up interviewing her about both. (We also briefly talked about … Continue reading →

In 2017’s Movies, Poisonous Mushrooms Were an Unlikely Symbol of Female Liberation

Well, I did it: I got an article up on Vulture. Maybe it’ll be the only one I do, though I really fucking hope not. If so, hey, I have that byline, and that’s another checkmark on my list of goals for 2017 (and just in the nick of time, which is generally how I … Continue reading →

Review: Phantom Thread, 2017, dir. Paul Thomas Anderson

I put down a thousand plus words about the new Paul Thomas Anderson movie, Phantom Thread, in my review for The Playlist; I put down a couple hundred more in a “best of the year” blurb I put together for the same site; I will be putting down even more hundreds of words for a piece I’m … Continue reading →