SELECTED BRIGHT WALL/DARK ROOM ESSAYS

Who Could Ask for Anything More? - on watching Gene Kelly from a child’s-eye view (February, 2021).

The Purest Thing in the World - on Knuckle Sandwich, the Paul Thomas Anderson movie that wasn’t (August, 2020)

The Gambler’s Ruin - on Paul Thomas Anderson’s Hard Eight (May, 2020)

In the Year of the Impossible Object - The Beach Bum and beyond (January, 2020)

A Grand Yuletide Theory: The Muppet Christmas Carol is the Best Adaptation of A Christmas Carol (December, 2019)

No Man’s Land - The Pinteresque terror of Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse (November, 2019)

The Illustrated Manson - some considerations on the past, the future, and Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood. (August, 2019)

Only I Know the Secrets - Breaking down Under the Silver Lake (July, 2019)

Notes Towards a Theory of the Uncanniness of Step Brothers (October, 2018)

Watching the Wheels - Finding meaning and purpose in Paterson (September, 2018)

There’s More to This World Than You Have Seen - on Paul Thomas Anderson’s Punch-Drunk Love (May, 2018)

On the Absurdity of David Lynch (September, 2017)

The Things We Never Forget, Even When We Can’t Remember - Fear and bravery in Spirited Away (March, 2017)

OTHER WRITING

Warner Bros. Revamps Release Slate After ‘Joker’ Triumph - this short-form satire, published at Robot Butt in October, 2019, pokes fun at the bizarre cocktail that is Todd Phillips’ box office smash.

Malcolm Strickland’s Dreams - in this short story, published in New Limestone Review in April, 2018, we examine the lingering questions surrounding the life and work of a vanished underground filmmaker. This story was selected by New Limestone Review among their 2018 nominations for the Pushcart Prize.

Between Art and Life - this short story, a romance set against the backdrop of late-60s New York TV production and film culture, was published in the spring 2019 edition of The William and Mary Review (pp. 46 - 57).

Our Forever Home - this suburban absurdist horror story is available in the fall 2018 issue of New Plains Review.

Three of my poems can be found in the fall 2018 issue of Raw Art Review (pp 49 - 51).