They say age is just a number. We like to believe that’s so. Greatness can steam from anyone at any time, no matter how young or old. However, we can’t help but admire the confidence, boldness, and sheer exuberance of…
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s ‘What Happened’ Is A Reflective, Intimate Look At Our Nation’s Past and Present
In a better world, Hillary Rodham Clinton’s What Happened wouldn’t exist. But that’s not a slight against her pensive, didactic new memoir. In Clinton’s journeyed, weathered, contemplative, but ultimately meditative and resilient book, Clinton doesn’t merely reflect on the calamitous events…
Movie Review: Wonderstruck
The thought of Todd Haynes directing a kids movie is, at first glance, inherently odd. Similar to Martin Scorsese tackling Hugo, the established filmmaker behind mature, dense, softly impressionable R-rated films like I’m Not There, Velvet Goldmine, Safe and Carol doesn’t…
Prepare Yourself: The First Trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Phantom Thread’ Has Arrived
The arrival of a new Paul Thomas Anderson film is a time for celebration. The premiere of the film’s first footage is simply the promise of great things to come. At least, that’s how it has been for the last…
My Little Pony: The Movie Review
Though my looks might deceive me, I’m not someone who can claim to hold a great deal of knowledge on the expansive mythos and lore of My Little Pony. The original series was before my time, and admittedly, my college…
What Atypical Gets Right (and Very Wrong) About Living with Autism
I have Asperger’s Syndrome. This is crucial to my character, but it’s not something that defines me. My personality isn’t merely specified by being on the spectrum. Though my brain operates differently and my thought process might be alien to…
For Your Consideration: Better Things
You might not recognize the name Pamela Adlon, but you’ve seen (or, at least, heard) her work in the past. With nearly two hundred (!) IMDb credits attached to her name, including dozens of voice acting appearances on shows such as…
