‘Buffy’ alum Juliet Landau made a movie about the real vampire-narcissists
[Published at 48 Hills] They often show up in popular culture as suave, sophisticated, sexy specimens sulking in ill-fated immortality,...
Halloween Meltdown host John Waters talks trash
[Published at 48 Hills] The Pope of Trash, The Duke of Dirt, The Prince of Puke, The Ayatollah of Assholes,...
Kevin Pollak recalls when he and Robin Williams haunted S.F.’s comedy clubs
[Published at the San Francisco Chronicle] One of San Francisco’s iconic standup comics is also one its most unabashed advocates....
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...
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...
‘The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford’ as an Allegory for American Celebrity Obsession
[Published at Living Life Fearless] Andrew Dominik’s sophomoric feature, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, based on Ron Hansen‘s...
‘Her’: Spike Jonze’s Vision of a Post-Capitalist Future (Part 2)
Continued from Part 1, where we explored Jonze’s allegory on the consequences of capitalism, society’s struggle to move away from self-interest,...
‘Her’: Spike Jonze’s Vision of a Post-Capitalist Future (Part 1)
[Published at Living Life Fearless] The politics in Spike Jonze’s Her are not the primary focus of the film. In fact, there...
Watch The Trailer For My New Short Film, “Dave’s Last Night on Earth”
Recently, I wrote, produced, starred in, and edited my first short film titled, “Dave’s Last Night on Earth,” under my...