The Visual & Thematic Motifs of Tim Burton – Part 1
[Published at Living Life Fearless] Tim Burton was a gauche teenager who found solace in the creepy comfort of Vincent Price films, classic...
How the Music of Elliott Smith Lives on in Film and Television
[Published at Slash Film] Musician Elliott Smith has made an abundance of legendary contributions to cinema, both in his short lifetime (he...
How a New Generation of Politically-Charged Films are Reawakening the Spirit of Italian Neorealism
[Published at Slash Film] It’s difficult to place into words the impact Italian Neorealism has personally had on me. The genre speaks...
What It’s Like to Run the Walt Disney World Marathon
[Published at Slash Film] I ran the Walt Disney World Marathon on Sunday, January 12, 2020. Before delving into the magic of...
Dave Chappelle still thinks trans people are funny, Greta Thunberg not so much
[Published at the San Francisco Chronicle] Dave Chappelle kicked off his first weekend of the new year with a rare,...
The Facade of Freedom of Speech: U.S. Politics, Film, & Government Institutions Behind Closed Doors
[Published at Living Life Fearless] The more invasive form of censorship in film, the kind that isn’t meant to be...
The Facade of Freedom of Speech: The Reign of the MPAA
[Published at Living Life Fearless] The second entry in the censorship series tells the story of a man who tossed...
Uncovering the Hidden Spoilers in Vanity Fair’s ‘Rise of Skywalker’ Cover Art
[Published at Living Life Fearless] If you’ve been keeping up with the Star Wars rumor mills then you may have heard that...
The Facade of Freedom of Speech: The Rise of Government Censorship in Hollywood
[Published at Living Life Fearless] Government censorship in film is inherently a bipartisan issue. The antiquated “both sides” argument does...
HBO’s ‘Watchmen’: Holding a Mirror to Our Society Through Masks & Appropriation
* Slight Spoilers Ahead * [Published at Living Life Fearless] The masks in Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’s “Watchmen” have...