Was Past Lives (2023) a Good Movie? Or, a eulogy for negative criticism.
Human greatness is so rare and the state of the humanities makes me sad
No offense to anyone who's still into it, but I can't be the only one who's deeply bored by this new season of Severance.
Please weigh in on The Master and Margarita
What is the one book you wish you could read again for the 1st time
Why We Need a Literary Canon?
TENET is more interesting than most people give it credit for
What is the funniest literature book you’ve ever read?
The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West and The Dyer's Hand by W.H. Auden
Humans crave meaning more than truth. | A bold new framework argues we are driven to craft narratives that bring coherence, purpose and clarity to the complexities of life, not chase ultimate truths.
Writers who had 2 films come out in the same year
Barthelme’s Sixty Stories
Bones and All (2022): Proof that a film doesn't have to be understood to be enjoyed
Dylan, the Nobel Prize, and the Boundaries of Literature
The Decline of Male Writers
Decoding Reality
What are your thoughts on Gangs of New York?
What recent books do you think will be studied and considered ‘Classics’ in 20-60 years?
Someone Explain Cormac McCarthys Stella Maris to Me
Am I grumpy, or are there almost no good comedy movies anymore?
Is Roberto Bolano still popular, and if so, how popular?
We may never settle the ‘free will’ debate, but tapping into it is still worthwhile
Masterpiece vs Magnum Opus: Thoughts on Megalopolis [No Spoilers]
Joker: Folie a Deux. An Epilogue for a Broken Person
Who are the “eastern equivalents” for the western literary giants such as Dostoyevsky, Hemingway and Steinbeck?
