Looking Closer
It’s a new day at LookingCloser.org… (more…) Read more
It’s a new day at LookingCloser.org… (more…) Read more
Dawn Treader: the new trailer… (more…) Read more
Since the studios couldn’t get their act together in time for Guillermo Del Toro to direct The Hobbit, what movie is he going to make instead? (more…) Read more
Interviewing Robert Duvall for Get Low, Mark Moring stirred the actor up for a lively conversation about The Apostle. (more…) Read more
My review of Inception is published in two parts at Good Letters, the Image blog. Here’s Part One. And here’s Part Two. Read more
My review of Inception is a two-parter, and it goes up on Good Letters, the Image blog, today and tomorrow. Here’s Part One. Basically, Part One is about why I think it’s interesting but ultimately disappointing. Oh, but there are some very cool things in Inception. For example, turn on your speakers and check this out… (more…) Read more
I know Joe Henry, producer of Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Loudon Wainwright III, Mary Gauthier, and Over the Rhine, is full of surprises. But this? This may be the biggest surprise of all. (more…) Read more
I don’t have much to say about Salt, especially since the movie lasts about as long as it’ll take you to read this. (more…) Read more
I had a heck of a time deciding which memory to write out for Salon.com’s celebration of movie theater memories. (more…) Read more
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God Bless Gracious Commenters
Friends and colleagues who leave comments here, consider this a little love note, prompted by things I’ve seen happening on several other sites today. Conversing on an online discussion board is a tricky art. (more…) Read more