On Star Wars and the monomyth of Silicon Valley, for The Awl.
What Disaster Films Miss About Death
A blog post for The New Yorker on Everest and the terrible void of meaning that is Death.
Without Limits: Miguel Gomes’ ‘Arabian Nights’
A review of the incredible Arabian Nights trilogy from MIFF, for The Lifted Brow.
We Talked to Director Crystal Moselle About The Boys of ‘The Wolfpack’, And How Their Family Has Responded to the Film
An interview with Crystal Moselle, on her documentary The Wolfpack, for Junkee.
With ‘The Gift’, Joel Edgerton Becomes One of Australia’s Most Exciting New Filmmakers
An interview with Joel Edgerton, re. his directorial debut The Gift, for Junkee.
Reviews of ‘The Witch’ and ‘Nasty Baby’ from MIFF
Two short reviews in this Junkee recap of the Melbourne International Film Festival.
The Pot at the End of the Rainbow: Ben Mendelsohn Bets Large in ‘Mississippi Grind’
A review from MIFF of Mississippi Grind, for Killings.
‘Rogue Nation’ Makes The Mission of Enjoying Tom Cruise Less Impossible
A review of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation for Junkee. Please don’t ask me what I was thinking with that headline.
The Pixar Theory of Labor
Unpacking the value system beneath the Pixar canon, for The Awl.
Some Doors into Koker
Not online, but I’ve got an essay on Abbas Kiarostami’s Koker Trilogy, in issue 2 of the rad film magazine Fireflies.