We’ve been watching a lot of Seinfeld lately and came across this gem. It’s a masterpiece. Jerry, Elaine, Kramer and George are at their tops as a comedy quartet and the plot lines blend seamlessly. […]
Movie of the Year Review: Hypernormalization
The movie of the year did not have a theatrical release. It wasn’t even on tv. It was a webcast. Adam Curtis’s Hypernormalizaion is essential viewing this year. The film of the year had to […]
Evading the Body Snatchers
I saw Philip Kaufman’s The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) again last night. Beyond the camp and aged effects, it really has these creepy ideas I think it’s one of those prophetic movies that kind […]
Standing Rock: This is What Restorative Justice Looks Like
People find ways to organize their own communities, ways that intuitively make sense on a soul level. After the recent success at the water protest yesterday, in which the government denied a crucial permit for […]
Standing Rock: This is what democracy looks like
Democracy is complicated. It’s not about the simple stupid ballot boxes every few years. It is something that happens every day in the fabric of a society. It is in the little decisions people make, […]
Captivity: Or, Why We Deserve Trump
I made a short film in 2011 called “Captivity.” It was a reflection on the state of our historical moment – late capitalism, reality tv, torture movies – you know, junk culture. Oh, and this […]
The Dark Side Awakens: The Eternal Recurrence of Reactionary Societies in Star Wars
As a moviegoer last year I was equally parts dismayed and underwhelmed by Star Wars: The Force Awakens. (Hold on, fans, there will be something for you here…) The uber-hype-fest that drew the culture to the theaters […]
Grounded Holiday Greening
Somewhere right about now there is a douglas fir being placed in a living room in Florida. There is a kind of strange indignity about an exotic dying specimen being used to celebrate something it […]
A Fragile Dignity 