October 2026: Viewing-Reading-ListeningLog of motion pictures viewed, books read, music listened to for October 2026 Nov 01 26November 01, 2026Article at substack.com
MamaTime Out New York Project: Issue #891, January 17-23, 2013 Nov 01 26November 01, 2026Article at substack.com
Hors SatanTime Out New York Project: Issue #891, January 17-23, 2013 Oct 31 26October 31, 2026Article at substack.com
A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra (NYFF64)Wouldn’t it be ‘nice’ if everyone would just die? Oct 08 26October 08, 2026Article at substack.com
Heil Jupiter! (NYFF64)Carlos Reygadas’s Transgressive Vision of a World Unmoored Oct 03 26October 03, 2026Article at substack.com
DiggerAlejandro González Iñárritu’s Satire of Corporate Power Digs Its Own Grave Oct 02 26October 02, 2026Article at substack.com
September 2026: Viewing-Reading-ListeningLog of motion pictures viewed, books read, music listened to for September 2026 Oct 02 26October 02, 2026Article at substack.com
‘Heil Jupiter!’ Review: Carlos Reygadas’s Transgressive Vision of a World UnmooredThe film proves again that that clarity in a Carlos Reygadas project comes from the reverberative qualities of his sounds and images. Oct 01 26October 01, 2026Article at Slant Magazine
‘Digger’ Review: Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Satire of Corporate Power Digs Its Own GraveThis is a purported cri de coeur against our billionaire overlords, but somehow it still manages to be a shameless Tom Cruise ego stroke. Sep 29 26September 29, 2026Article at Slant Magazine
All of a Sudden (NYFF64)Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s Moving Drama About the Virtues of Camaraderie Sep 24 26September 24, 2026Article at substack.com
Paper Tiger (NYFF64)James Gray’s Frighteningly Operatic Portrait of a Family on the Brink Sep 24 26September 24, 2026Article at substack.com
‘All of a Sudden’ Review: Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s Moving Drama About the Virtues of CamaraderieThe elemental bleakness of Hamaguchi Ryusuke's 'Evil Does Not Exist' shifts to a more cosmic benevolence in his latest. Sep 24 26September 24, 2026Article at Slant Magazine
‘Paper Tiger’ Review: James Gray’s Frighteningly Operatic Portrait of a Family on the BrinkJames Gray's oeuvre is so shaped by a long-gone and over-mythologized era of American filmmaking that it often flirts with insularity. Sep 22 26September 22, 2026Article at Slant Magazine
HopeNa Hong-jin’s Exhaustingly Frenzied, Wonky-Looking Alien-Invasion Thriller Sep 11 26September 11, 2026Article at substack.com
FairhavenTime Out New York Project: Issue #890, January 10-16, 2013 Sep 07 26September 07, 2026Article at substack.com
‘Hope’ Review: Na Hong-jin’s Exhaustingly Frenzied, Wonky-Looking Alien-Invasion ThrillerThe heinous modern instinct to franchise cinema into oblivion apparently knows no borders in this world…and all others. Sep 06 26September 06, 2026Article at Slant Magazine
QuartetTime Out New York Project: Issue #890, January 10-16, 2013 Sep 06 26September 06, 2026Article at substack.com
Gangster SquadTime Out New York Project: Issue #890, January 10-16, 2013 Sep 05 26September 05, 2026Article at substack.com