once upon a time in harlem

My review of the documentary Once Upon a Time in Harlem is now up at Film-Forward. Another excellent watch out of this year's New York Film Festival. 

Images courtesy of Neon.

club kid

My NYFF review of Club Kid is now up at Film-Forward. I really enjoyed this movie and Jordan Firstman's direction and layered performance. 

a long winter

It's been a long time since I last chimed in here, so perhaps it's fitting to post my Film-Forward review of Andrew Haigh's A Long Winter. The film was my first of many New York Film Festival press screenings I attended and because the film, based on Colm Tóibín's novella, is patient and so enveloping in its wintry atmosphere, I thought it was a nice way to kick off another rewarding fest.

Stills courtesy of Mubi.

re-animator

My debut poetry collection, Re-Animator, is now available through Ingram!

You can also currently find it at the below online retailers:

Amazon

B&N

Bookshop.org

The Poetry Shop

Strand

Walmart.com

been here stay here

I've been really impressed by two thoroughly American climate change-minded documentaries from this year so far: the Tangier Island-set Been Here Stay Here, and the roaming rumination of Humboldt USA.

My Film-Forward reviews are here:

Been Here Stay Here

Humboldt USA

re-animator playlist

Here is a Spotify playlist of music referenced in my poetry collection, Re-Animator.

Re-Animator is available to order from Indolent Books. Cover photograph by Michael Galinsky.

i swear

Both Robert Aramayo and Scott Ellis Watson as John Davidson in I Swear.

My Film-Forward review here.

Stills courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.

interview with pine hills review!

 

I answered a few questions on Re-Animator from Alex Tunney, up here at Pine Hills Review.

the christophers

 

My review of The Christophers, starring Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel, here at Film-Forward.

re-animator

Copies are in of my debut poetry book, Re-Animator!  

Order here at Indolent Books.

poetry reading!

 

Reading poems as part of Wayne Kral's long-running First Floor Walk Up reading series at One and One, Lower East Side, NYC. 4/6 at 7 PM, alongside Laura B. Weiss, Janet Rosen, and Coree Spencer.

poetry + coffee

 

Reading as part of Brad Vogel's Gowanustasia series alongside Oblivion Daybook, Seth Williams, and June Lei, at Principles GI Coffee House, Brooklyn, NY on 4/19 from 11 AM to 1 PM.

dream master

 

My poem, "Dream Master," is now up at the lovely and scintillating, Disco Kitchen Mag.

undertone

 

My review of the sound design-driven horror film undertone, here at Film-Forward.

epic: elvis presley in concert

My review of Baz Luhrmann's bombastic, fairly dazzling concert doc EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, here at Film-Forward.

 

nirvanna the band the show the movie

I was pleasantly surprised by the goofy, bittersweet, Canadian time-travel bromance, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie. My review here at Film-Forward.

photography by robert pallesen

Here is an array of Portland, Oregon-based Robert Pallesen's distinctive photography.

via Robert Pallesen

art by sophi odling

 Here are some vibrant murals from Australian artist Sophi Odling.

via Sophi Odling