Scene: 1999 Century Theaters in Pinole, CA. A young impressionable young man was on his way back to the bathroom to see his screening of The Iron Giant. However, the screening was sharing a marquee with another film and in his haste to return, he actually stumbled into another movie. That young man was me and
These are pre-Toronto pics that took me eons to do, and will probably drastically change. I also don’t “really care” about these, if you’ve seen my recent rants about these. One of the coolest things about this Oscar season is that for the first time in recent memory I truly feel like the films are
As someone who grew up as an underrepresented minority and wanted to be in a STEM field, I know how important it is to see people who look like you accomplishing things. Women in Science provides this in a really awesome way through the curation of the subjects and some wonderful illustrations. I was a
Reading a book about rape culture and how it has manifested itself within the realm of society and college sports doesn’t make for an “enjoyable” time. Luckily in the capable hands of Jessica Luther, Unsportsmanlike Conduct: College Football and the Politics of Rape, this is and cultural problem has been molded and shaped into something
These past two weeks have been such a mess showing us the highs and lows of what humanity has to offer. Kristen and I decided to chat about the myriad of messes that happened from #LochMess and the olympics, to the Nate Parker story, to how movies got in on the problematic angle. It’s not
I was reading The Film Experience the other day and I saw the Nathaniel ranked the Oscar nominations this past decade. Not one to let a list go unresponded to, I thought I’d lend my hand. Rather than take the time to rank all the performances, I decided to share the nominations that I consider