Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Op-eds

Op-Ed: A Letter to ‘Brazil,’ On Its 40th Anniversary

To whom it may concern, Brazil is turning 40 this year! Can you believe it? It seemed it only came out yesterday - kooky kid. Brazil, where hearts were entertaining June We stood beneath an...

Op-Ed: Why Any New Hannibal Lecter Film Needs Mads Mikkelsen 

If a recent rumor from Hollywood insider Daniel Richtman is to be believed, then the lambs have not yet stopped screaming. Universal have apparently begun development on a new Hannibal Lecter film.  On...

Op-Ed: Why Can’t the Jurassic Park Franchise Do Anything New? 

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a remote reserve full of genetically engineered dinosaurs descends into chaos when scientific hubris unleashes the creatures on visitors. You have, three times? Okay,...

Monstrous Motherhood in Horror Films

I was a mother once. Until I wasn’t. I never had children of my own. But I co-parented a child for three years—three of the most torturous, bittersweet years of my life. Nothing...

Chasing the Gold: Will Controversy Upend the Best Actress Race?

In many ways, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the voting body for the Oscars, has emblazoned on its crest, "separate the art from the artist." Over its long history,...

Op-Ed: ‘Perfect Days’ Are Every Day

Something that has taken me most of my life to realize is how much I didn’t cherish today. It’s easy to fall under the shames of yesterday and the anxieties of tomorrow,...

Op-Ed: Watching The Before Trilogy in Reverse (and Other Musings On Its 30th Anniversary) 

There’s no movie trilogy out there quite like Richard Linklater’s Before Trilogy. From 1995 to 2013, Linklater and his collaborators Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy traced the relationship between Jesse and Celine...

Remembering David Lynch

I took a bit of time after David Lynch’s death to think about my unexpected (to me) reaction. it should be noted that numerous family members and friends immediately thought of me...

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