Sibling Reunion
They're getting older, five brothers and sisters, all with degrees, jobs, families, nice homes, good lives, happier than most except…
Manakamana: A Film Unseen
The year 2014 brings yet another twelve months of hyperbolic, and over stimulated cinematic spectacle. Following a year of Superhero…
Paranoia, Surveillance and Military Tactics: Have We Become Enemies of the Government?
Relationships are fragile things, none more so than the relationship between a citizen and his government. Unfortunately for the American…
Could Spirit Alone
blood, the good Christian angry at his lack of power, skin broken under the onslaught of memories, terror and omniscience…
Cruising Along Fate’s Darkness
Bright yellow flashed along her sides, blinding and twisting deep. Then, velvet darkness resettled, unbothered and waiting. Emptiness stretched out…
Tending and Other Poems
Tend the garden No need to do too much It’s been planted A little water Here and there And lots…
Putting Big Brother in the Driver’s Seat: V2V Transmitters, Black Boxes & Drones
We’re on the losing end of a technological revolution that has already taken hostage our computers, our phones, our finances,…
Zero Opportunity
In June 2013, I received the news that Zero Books would publish a collection of my film theory essays. The…
50 Years After the Beatles: Isn’t It Time for Another Political & Cultural Revolution?
It’s been 50 years since the Beatles—John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr—first landed in America on Feb.…
Front Page
It was deadline night. The newspaper was being put to bed. Phones rang with last minute comments, and fingers pounded…