Humanity has reached a dead-end, and it’s fracking that did it. In real life, maybe, but in writer/director Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die, definitely. Fracking the polar ice caps—which doesn’t sound that far-fetched—has thrown the Earth off its axis and … Continue reading THE DEAD DON’T DIE
Consider the bus driver. Do you notice them as you board the Skip? Do you wonder what they see as the Dash rumbles down South Boulder Road? As you stare out the window, lost in your thoughts, what thoughts are … Continue reading PATERSON
If there is a truth in life, it is a simple one: everybody is trying their best. It’s an often difficult truth to accept because it is far too easy to criticize one another for their shortcomings, mistakes, and screw-ups. … Continue reading LOUDER THAN BOMBS
Short Term 12 derives its name from the place of business where the characters work. Short Term 12 is a halfway house of sorts for juvenile delinquents assigned there while the courts and families figure out what to do with them. … Continue reading SHORT TERM 12
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