HUMAN ACTS: A Review
With The Vegetarian, readers have found in Han Kang a writer of immense talent. From the basis of one character’s small, private decision, she wove…
DAREDEVIL and the Dignity of Villains
After a lengthy absence, Netflix’s critically-acclaimed series, Daredevil, returned for its second season last week. It sustains the gritty–yet beautiful–look of the first…
#KillerSerials: The People v. OJ Simpson, Ep. 8
After the jump, Tony Jones and I discuss this week’s episode of American Crime Story: The People v. OJ Simpson and talk about…
SXSW Films Recap
Here’s one last post on some interesting SXSW films. I didn’t get a chance to put together full reviews for these, so check…
An Interview with A STRAY’S Musa Syeed, Barkhad Abdirahman, & Faysal Ahmed
This week at SXSW, I had the privilege of speaking with director Musa Syeed about his film, A Stray, which premiered at the…
#KillerSerials: The People v. OJ Simpson, Ep. 7
After the jump, listen in as Tony Jones and Ryan Parker discuss the newest episode of The People v. OJ Simpson. Feel free to…
At SXSW: AMERICAN FABLE
Writer/director Anne Hamilton interned with Terrence Malick. This relationship is abundantly clear in her debut feature, American Fable, which premiered in the Visions…
At SXSW: FREE IN DEED
Writer/director Jake Mahaffy’s Free in Deed is a fever pitch of prayer, praise, torment, and attempted healings. It’s not an easy film to watch…
At SXSW: DON’T THINK TWICE
A film about members of an improv group going through life’s struggles with a cast featuring the likes of Gillian Jacobs, Keegan-Michael Key,…








