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"Dreams of the Clockmaker" Radio Drama in Cleaver Magazine
Some longtime readers may remember my spooky play "Dreams of the Clockmaker," which starred Jillaine Gill and ran in New York City (first at The Duplex, then at The Wild Project) in 2010 and 2011. Time...
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"Beyond the Terminus, Beyond" in Sonora Review
A new short story of mine, "Beyond the Terminus, Beyond," [which was chosen earlier this year as the winner of the 2016 Sonora Review Fiction Prize by judge Molly Antopol (The UnAmericans)] is now...
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"Forbidden Melodies from a Diminishing Octave" in So It Goes: The Literary...
My latest short story, a science-fiction satire called "Forbidden Melodies from a Diminishing Octave," has just been published in the "Indiana Bicentennial" issue (Issue No. 5) of So It Goes: The...
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Only now does it occur to me... THE BLACK CAT
Only now does it occur to me... that Lucio Fulci's THE BLACK CAT is one of the most compartmentalized films of all time, bizarre in its dissociation even for Fulci, an assemblage of isolated parts that...
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"Obsesssions: Authoritarian Kitsch" Online at ZYZZYVA
A new short essay of mine called "Authoritarian Kitsch" is available to read online at ZYZZYVA, as a part of their ongoing "Obsessions" series. It takes on some of my more complicated feelings...
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Only now does it occur to me... TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING
Only now does it occur to me... that TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING (1977)––a film I hadn't even heard of until a few weeks ago––is one of the finest political thrillers of its generation. Directed by master...
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"You Have Now Eaten Thirty-Four Spiders" in Eclectica Magazine's 20th...
My speculative, satirical short story "You Have Now Eaten Thirty-Four Spiders," originally published by Eclectica Magazine in April 2014, has just been collected in their 20th Anniversary print...
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Film Review: BATMAN RETURNS (1992, Tim Burton)
Stars: 5 of 5.Running Time: 126 minutes.Tag-line: "The Bat, The Cat, The Penguin."Notable Cast or Crew: Written by Sam Hamm (BATMAN '89, Joe Dante's HOMECOMING) and Daniel Waters (HEATHERS, DEMOLITION...
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Only now does it occur to me... BAD CHANNELS
Only now does it occur to me... how on earth had I never heard of BAD CHANNELS? Try this on for size: it's a Full Moon Picture (which means its a step down from a New World Picture, and probably a step...
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Only now does it occur to me... HARD BOILED
Only now does it occur to me... that John Woo is not merely a master of action, but a master of "character exposition." Within the first twenty-eight seconds of HARD BOILED, we learn everything we need...
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Only now does it occur to me... THE TIN DRUM
Only now does it occur to me... that Günther Grass, who was once a brainwashed, teenage SS member, was capable of growth and wisdom and change, and after the war went on to pen the 1959 novel THE TIN...
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Only now does it occur to me... THE PRESIDIO
Only now does it occur to me... that THE PRESIDIO is kind of a watered-down San Francisco buddy-cop/corrupt military investigation flick that is chiefly concerned with Meg Ryan/Mark Harmon fireside...
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R.I.P., John Hurt
It saddens me to report that John Hurt, character acting legend and he of the velvet voice of I, CLAUDIUS; ALIEN, WATERSHIP DOWN, THE ELEPHANT MAN, and MIDNIGHT EXPRESS, has passed on. I've described...
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"Kellyanne Conway's Ficciones" in McSweeney's Internet Tendency
My latest (Jorge Luis Borges-inspired) humor piece, "Kellyanne Conway's Ficciones," may be read online at McSweeney's Internet Tendency.(Other pieces I've written for McSweeney's include"Winners of the...
View ArticleUpdated, Browsable List of All Reviews: February 2017
#3 MEN AND A BABY (1987, Leonard Nimoy)THE 3 MUSKETEERS (1973, Richard Lester)3 WOMEN (1977, Robert Altman) THE 5TH ELEMENT (1997, Luc Besson)7 DAYS IN MAY (1964, John Frankenheimer)THE 10TH KINGDOM...
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Only now does it occur to me... OUR MOTHER'S HOUSE
Only now does it occur to me... that Jack Clayton should certainly be in the running for "greatest ever director of child actors." Anyone who has seen THE INNOCENTS cannot fail to be impressed by the...
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Only now does it occur to me... FEDORA
Only now does it occur to me... that Billy Wilder, in his 1978 film FEDORA, simultaneously peels back the veneer on the more ghoulish aspects Old Hollywood and sends a nostalgic love letter to the...
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R.I.P., Bill Paxton
Man, this is tough. Paxton had such an irrepressible joie de vivre, this endlessly manic and goofy energy, that it was nearly impossible for me to watch him do his thing without having a grin plastered...
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Only now does it occur to me... THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
Only now does it occur to me... that THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962) has much to offer viewers in 2017, whether it is the perfect metaphorical image of an American flag composed of three types of...
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