Film & Television
Reviews, essays, and other coverage of movies and TV shows
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The Tragic Story of Barbara Loden, the Lost New Hollywood Pioneer
The tragic story of Barbara Loden, who helped pioneer the New Hollywood movement but was almost entirely forgotten in her time. Her lone feature film, Wanda, wasn’t properly reevaluated as a groundbreaking achievement until many years after her death. The video essay below covers her entire all-too-short body of work. Read more
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The Forgotten Nightmares of Made-for-TV Horror Movies
A joint review looking back at some made-for-TV horror movies that are at risk of falling into obscurity but are worth remembering and preserving. The TV movies included are: “Ghostwatch” and “Whistle and I’ll Come to You” from the U.K., “Dark Night of the Scarecrow” from the U.S., and “The Telephone Box” aka “La Cabina”… Read more
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Unseen Journey — an old freemason recruitment video
Grey and I found an old freemason recruitment video on VHS at a Goodwill and watched/reacted to it on camera. Here’s what happened: Read more
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The Best Found Footage Horror Movie You’ve Never Seen
From Japanese horror filmmaker Koji Shiraishi, often considered a master of the found footage format, comes the underrated and under seen film “A Record of Sweet Murder,” which was made in South Korea and stars a partially South Korean cast. Here’s my review highlighting the movie as an under the radar gem. 8.5/10 Read more
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The Films of 2024, ranked
Here is a ranking of all the films I’ve seen that were released in 2024. The video below covers all of the 2024 releases that I watched by the close of the year, but the text list below includes a ton of extra 2024 movies that I watched later on after making the video (updated… Read more
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My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done Deserves More Respect
An entry in my Deserves More Respect series for Werner Herzog X David Lynch collaboration “My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done.” Read more
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The Human Condition Trilogy is Essential Cinema
An entry in my Essential Cinema series for The Human Condition trilogy, which I collectively named the best film ever made in my top 250 list. It’s tough to cover an entire trilogy without getting into spoilers, but I kept this as spoiler-free as possible. 10/10 Read more
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Top 250 Best Films Ever Made
This was a massive undertaking that was years in the works. The video is available below, and there’s a bonus video available on the Patreon that runs through a bunch of runners up. The list is available on Letterboxd as well, which can make it easier for you to add any of the films to… Read more
