Okay, so here’s the deal. Every year for the past five or six years, I’ve compiled a list of the ten best films I saw in that year. Usually, when people make similar lists, they focus on movies that were released in a given year. However, since I’m too poor to attend the cinema regularlyContinue reading “Love and Time: My Top 10 Favorite Movies of 2024”
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Movie Review: A Complete Unknown
How does it feelTo be on your ownWith no direction homeLike a complete unknownLike a rolling stone? More than any other Bob Dylan lyric, that legendary chorus may come closest to capturing the spirit of its author – a lonesome, mercurial, dissembling spirit that no musical biopic could ever hope to fully represent. Wisely, JamesContinue reading “Movie Review: A Complete Unknown”
Into the Wild: An Invitation to My 2024 Artistic Journey
Two days ago, I braved icy winds and traveled by train and foot to the Music Box Theater in north Chicago, eager to watch Andrew Haigh’s new film, All of Us Strangers. It’s a bizarre, lyrical, and devastating story, impossible to categorize and easily one of my favorite films of the year. I expect I’llContinue reading “Into the Wild: An Invitation to My 2024 Artistic Journey”
Words for Wayfarers 