The Universal Applicant

Eric Gifford

Hustle #1

I anticipate this to be a first discussion here because Keith is the basketball junkie whose for this movie inevitably outshines my own and will not stand for my having posted something about it and he did not. There will always be joy in finding raw and unrefined talent in

"Through a glass darkly": Examining existence in Ghost In The Shell

This was a monumental watch and I'm so glad I caught up with it. Ghost in the Shell is integral in the center of the timeline of films about AI, from Blade Runner, to The Matrix, to Ex Machina. It's so similar to Ridley Scott'

Prometheus: The power in choosing to believe

Noomi Rapace's character, Dr. Elizabeth Shaw, in the 2012 sci-fi film Prometheus embodies a phenomenon that many believe today to be a paradox: a scientist of faith. In the film, she leads the expedition to find the founders of humanity, believed to be an alien race whose visits

Rewriting your own story: U2 & Songs of Surrender

We all have experienced that thing where a piece of art you love gets revisited by its original creator and then it feels a little... lesser, after the fact. Fandom's push back and the whole affair can seem to ruin the original purity of the work. This has

Slackers: Keith interviews Eric on Oscar predictions, hopes and snubs

What follows is a lightly edited discussion that occurred in Slack on Saturday night, March 11. I (Keith) interviewed Eric about his view on who should win and likely will win the above-the-line Oscars.

To Lisa: Retreading redemption is really rewarding

With the Oscars hitting in the next 24 hours, I have to give up my goal of being a completionist on all nominees this year. Yes, that is a ridiculous goal. This year is the best I've done, seeing 31 of 39 feature length films and more than

"One shouldn't differentiate between All That Breathes"

The camera expands the scope of storytelling It's so often not useful to use the plot of a movie to determine how interesting or enjoyable it is going to be. Or, at least, the content is only one piece of what makes it interesting, and at this point