PinnedThe Cathode Ray Mission: Crash and the End of HistoryIt should be no secret that I’m embedded deeply within the David Cronenberg cult, the title of these criticism articles being a reference…Dec 16, 2020Dec 16, 2020
The Cathode Ray Mission: Best of 2023“Movies are back” has been the often glib rallying cry for filmgoers since the doldrums of 2020’s lockdown period, in which the future…Feb 2, 2024Feb 2, 2024
The Cathode Ray Mission: Dahl, Brecht, and Wes Anderson’s Late StyleWes Anderson is a rarity in the contemporary American cinema landscape, a genuine auteur who seemingly has license to pursue whatever…Nov 23, 2023Nov 23, 2023
The Cathode Ray Mission: Best of 2022As far as movies go, 2022 was definitely one of the years of all time. We saw a few really remarkable Hollywood blockbusters amid a largely…Jan 24, 2023Jan 24, 2023
Notes on the New Movie PollEvery decade starting in 1952 the British film magazine Sight & Sound runs a poll of critics and directors in an effort to name a broadly…Dec 11, 2022Dec 11, 2022
The Cathode Ray Mission: I’m Not There and Printing the LegendOne thing to make clear up front: I’ve become obssessed with Bob Dylan over the past year. I’ve listened to all of his studio albums in…Dec 6, 2022Dec 6, 2022
The Cathode Ray Mission: Touch of Evil and Law and OrderTo start with Touch of Evil, it is obvious and necessary to start with Orson Welles, and to understand the anxiety that surrounded his…Aug 15, 2022Aug 15, 2022
The Cathode Ray Mission: We’re All Going to the World’s Fair and the Age of LonelinessSpoilers ahead.May 5, 2022May 5, 2022
The Cathode Ray Mission: All That Heaven Allows and the Ties That BindThe Hollywood studio system was the productive norm in American filmmaking for much of film history’s classical era, starting in the 1920’s…Feb 19, 20221Feb 19, 20221
The Cathode Ray Mission: Lucio Fulci and Unknown PleasuresAround the time that Psycho was opening the borders of American genre filmmaking, a similarly seismic event was occurring in Italy. Mario…Oct 25, 2021Oct 25, 2021
