No Film School

Last night after watching the Academy Awards I told a friend that I explicitly did not want to take the time or effort to explain why Crash understands race-relations in America at a pre-Rodney King level, or why Paul Haggis is more of a hack than Keanu Reeves in The Matrix. But then the [...]

Several weeks ago I wrote, “it’s not worth either of our time for me to try to elucidate the reasons” why Crash is a bad film. But five minutes ago it won Best Picture, which may make it an issue worth delving into. Of course I’m also on record as saying that Paul [...]

Here is the second installment of my three-part King Kong comparison. The ‘76 film is by far the worst of the three, and this post will likely follow suit. The first entry is here, and the third is here (that link will work once the third entry is posted, if I do this [...]

After seeing the Peter Jackson remake of King Kong in December, I felt the need to go back and watch the 1933 original. After seeing the original, I felt the need to go back and watch the 1976 version, despite it being universally reviled and mocked. And then I had the idea to [...]

Microsoft Word is unbelievable. I just wrote a few pages about the experience of applying for, and eventually winning, a modest arts grant. The post was a reflection on the arts and the creative process. It was an exploration of applying for grants, and applying for things in general as an artist. [...]

But it’s not.