Tuesday, June 8 2010
Dear John / Dear Nicholas Sparks, I’m Breaking Up With You
Since I can’t bear to think about any of it for more than a minute without falling into a nostalgic regret-tinged swoon over what might have been, I’ll get to the point. I owe you that much (but not enough to actually tell you this in person, or on the phone).
Thursday, April 30 2009
Summer of Same: August 2009
With names like Tarantino, Lee, and Zombie, the final month of the season pulls out all the film geek stops. Still, the only guarantee is familiarity, not freshness.
Friday, April 24 2009
Fighting
For all its attention to local "color", Fighting focuses on the white boy's progress.
Friday, March 28 2008
Stop-Loss
In Brandon's confrontations with his own delusions, Stop-Loss focuses on unhealthy rituals of manhood and male community recalling Peirce's Boys Don't Cry.
