Saturday, June 16, 2018

"American Animals (2018)"


To say that American Animals has a complicated relationship with reality would be a fair assessment. From the jump we are to that it both is and is not based on an entirely true story, something I kept in mind as the narrative unfolded before me.
























Monday, June 11, 2018

"Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018)"

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This piece was written for the excellent MOVIEJAWN.

I'm saving it here for posterity.
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The world needs more people like Fred Rogers in it.


I already held that sentiment before seeing Won't You Be My Neighbor?, Morgan Neville's biographical documentary of Rogers. What I didn't realize until after seeing it was how great that need truly is.