I watched Cure for the first time five years ago. It left me kind of flummoxed. I wasn't sure what to make of it, the ending seeming to raise more questions than answers. I've tried to become more comfortable with ending ambiguity in recent years. Particularly from non-American storytelling traditions where the perspectives on what a story is doing may not be what I would expect.
Cure finds a police detective mystified. A string of murders from obvious perps who…
I wish I could say The Velvet Underground was ever a formative band in my musical appreciation. Certainly, I recognized their stature within the rock pantheon, and during my prime CD buying years (my late teens through late twenties) I bought three of their four acknowledged albums. And don't get me wrong; I've definitely listened to a lot of Velvet Underground in my day. I have a special fondness for White Light/White Heat. But my tastes have always leaned more…
[abrasive synth]
[heavy breathing]
[doorbell ringing]
It's been a long time since I've watched Halloween. I would get into why, but it's a boring story. Suffice to say, I didn't have access. And now I do. Wasn't sure how Halloween would hold up. I've wavered in opinion with various other cornerstone horror franchises (Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th), and it's been a long time.
It's apparent from the opening scene that Halloween holds the FUCK up.
Every year…
In college I was an English major with a minor in Journalism. I went that route because Journalism was the only English-related minor that, at my University, an English major could take. But as I went through the classes to get my minor, I came to realize two things:
1. I had a deep love of what newspaper do and a respect for the people who write the stories.
2. My personality would never hold up in the journalistic world.…
