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Why We Go To The Movies

Essays about movies, and how they make me feel. Sometimes serious, sometimes not.

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The Odyssey Review

Christopher Nolan's thirty years of filmmaking have led to one epic.

The Debate: A Christopher Nolan Roundtable

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All 12 Christopher Nolan Films Ranked: From Worst to Best

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Disclosure Day

On information, empathy, and why Spielberg still believes looking together matters.

The Debate: What is the best Spielberg film?

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Ranking The 17 Best Steven Spielberg Films

Why 17? Why any number on any list?

The Debate: Who Is The Best Comedy Actor Working In Film Today?

One question. Two answers.

5 Film Equations That Work Better Than Netflix's Algorithm

If You Like This, Watch That

5 Films Hollywood Should Actually Remake

Five flawed films with strong ideas that would work better now than most modern reboots and sequels

Arrival & The Cost of Knowledge

Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi masterpiece and the courage to live life fully

Righting the Wrongs of Oscars Past: 2015 Edition

Birdman, Interstellar, Whiplash, and a Twelve-Year Gamble

Righting the Wrongs of Oscars Past: 2015 Edition (Coming Soon)

A verdict is coming. But first, I want yours.

A Method Out of Time: Louis Theroux and the Manosphere

When exposure stops working and the subject already owns the microphone

Did the Loudest Cheer of the Night Predict the Oscar?

A deeply scientific study conducted during the ceremony

The 2026 Oscars Are Unusually Open. Here’s My Ballot

Predictions, personal picks, and a few grudges. Including the impossible choice between Sinners and One Battle After Another.

The Bride! Review

Something Dead, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue

Dolly - Review

We've Got Dolls In This House

The Ten-Year Oscars

The case for awarding films ten years late, and why 2015 belonged to Mad Max: Fury Road all along.