What the Dead Ask
After seven years, I found myself back in the heart of the Midwest last
December, battling the daily ruthlessness of winter. I had somehow forgotten how
the sky would turn pitch black by
Film & Television
![[From the Archives] Christmas: The Final Frontier](/content/images/size/w960/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/christmas_2007.jpg)
[From the Archives] Christmas: The Final Frontier
Abnormally busy city sidewalks are crammed with shoppers shoving other shoppers
out of the way on the “rush” home with treasures they could’ve gotten on
Amazon.com [http://www.amazon.com], but
In the Bedroom and the Failure of Grief
In the Bedroom—the highly-acclaimed 2011 film based on a short story by Andre
Dubus and starring Tom Wilkinson and Sissy Spacek—ends with an aerial view of
the New England town of
Lucrecia Martel’s Sensory Accountability
Lucrecia Martel is one of the best filmmakers alive. Though her work isn’t yet
widely available in the States, for me, her voice has become a powerful
companion in navigating this American
On Unreality TV
Whenever someone mentions that they can’t hang out after work past a certain
time on a certain weeknight because they have to go home (or to a friend’s
house) to watch