Film Review for Northern Express, Published July 30, 2022 There may be only one person in the entire and sometimes otherworldly universe who truly understands the subconscious allegory at work in Nope— and that’s the film’s remarkable writer and director Jordan Peele himself. In the highly anticipated third feature from…

Film Review for Northern Express, Published July 25, 2022 No spoilers so just chill babycakes. Everyone’s favorite chiseled-chested and bare-hammer-throwing heartthrob Thor! comes thundering back this summer synthesizer-style (on a Viking ship chariot pulled through the cosmos by a pair of magic goats with afterburn rainbow glitter no less), as…

Film Review for Northern Express, Published July 11, 2022 Messier than the favorite peanut butter, bacon and banana sandwich of its iconic subject, Australian director Baz Luhrmann’s musical opus Elvis is an earnest and postmodern biopic of the King of Rock n’ Roll that sadly fails to create a true…

Film Review for Northern Express, Published June 25, 2022 The risk in separating “Buzz” and “Woody” for the first-time in their delightful big screen adventures (launched in 1995 by the famed Toy Story series and meta referenced in this new franchise), would be that with one character standing on their…

True to tradition and history, the annual Academy Awards broadcast seems to be the most coveted, scrutinized and cursed assignment available in live-events. I can’t imagine the pressure, and I never will. …

Originally published Oct 23, 2018 for MyNorthMedia.com. …

My pithy salute on the announcement of her final summer leading Sundance Institute after a decade long run at the helm of an organization I care about so dearly. …

(no one’s asking for it, but it felt good to imagine a new future) My fellow Americans, I stand before you here on the steps of the nation’s capital in a ceremony that dates back to the founding of this nation — it is the full display of our values…

It’s on. Finally. And anyone on the “left” who cares deeply about the outcome only cares about one, single, thing — stopping the chaotic and corrupt presidency of a man who should never have been elected in the first place. Like you, I too am “in it to win it”…