There exists a thin and ambiguous threshold within the narrative realms of any communicative conduit where emotional experience can...

The emotional turmoil that FIVE EASY PIECES inflicted is precisely what endeared it to me — a film that challenges our morals and tests...

WILD AT HEART is the American Dream ablaze in hot pink, an enchanting compendium of cinematic parables where EASY RIDER meets THE WIZARD...

The genius of CACTUS FLOWER begins with its titular duality, at once defining both the film’s prevailing allegory as well as epitomizing...

There is no sound way to fully satiate grief. It is an unending and demanding abscess, gaping, dark and unearthly in its formless shadow...

Sharon Stone as Gloria and Jean-Luke Figueroa in Lumet’s GLORIA (1999) So often we carelessly conflate the terms ‘remake’ and ‘rendition’...

1964 publicity poster promoting WHERE LOVE HAS GONE Introduction — It’s remarkably easy to overlook WHERE LOVE HAS GONE, particularly...

1964 publicity poster promoting WHERE LOVE HAS GONE Introduction — It’s remarkably easy to overlook WHERE LOVE HAS GONE, particularly...

Vera Kowalska has nothing left but her voice — and yet, it is her purposeful silence that speaks deafening volumes. 1937 theatrical...

Vera Kowalska has nothing left but her voice — and yet, it is her purposeful silence that speaks deafening volumes. 1937 theatrical...

I vehemently maintain that the most brilliant discoveries are often stumbled upon without rhyme, reason, or warning. It’s why I strictly...

I vehemently maintain that the most brilliant discoveries are often stumbled upon without rhyme, reason, or warning. It’s why I strictly...