Essays
Emptying the Drafts
A bit of vulnerability, circa 2025.
Essays
Some Notes To Self: How To Try When Everything Sucks
What can we do when the whole world is on fire? I originally jotted this down as a note on my phone to share on Instagram. I wrote it largely for myself and my close friends, but I'm publishing a half-polished draft here in case it helps anyone
Essays
Repost: We're Going Ghost
I'm finally leaving Substack. Note: this post originally appeared on Substack on March 19, 2024. I’m finally leaving Substack, and I hope you’ll come with me. Why are you leaving? Late last year, news broke that Substack was allowing Nazi newsletters to earn money on its
Essays
I Forgot That The Movies Can Love Me Back
On waking up.
Essays
Alfred Hitchcock's First Color Film Is Also Not-So-Secretly A Gay Classic
"Out of character for him to be murdered, too."
Essays
So You Want To Learn More About The WGA Strike
On why film and TV writers across the country are striking.
Lists
This Year, Next Year
On some of the things I did in 2022, and a few I hope to do next.
Essays
Some Sights & Sounds
On my enduring love of lists and the impossible honor of shaping the film canon.
Essays
An Abridged History of My Own Subjectivity
On all the parts of watching movies that aren't actually the movie.
Hey, what are you watching?
On my favorite question and the reason I do any of this.