Film
Infection: Getting Ahead
An unsettling office horror short with elegant cinematography, a diseased workplace hierarchy, and a hospital scene that haunts me.
4 min read
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Film
The Exit State: The Rich Eat First
Gabriela Ledesma’s political horror-thriller has a sharp idea about wealth, complicity, and the American trap. Then it spends ninety minutes repeating the point instead of dramatizing it.
6 min read
Film
Lasagna Run: The Epic Next Door
James Livitski turns a three-and-a-half-minute potluck errand into a side-scrolling odyssey—and sticks the landing.
4 min read
Film
Pretty: The Rasp of the Curtain
Metecan Duren's micro-budget horror debut is tangled, but like any briar patch, once you're in it's even harder to leave.
5 min read
Film
Who’s Using Whom?
Mark Schwab’s Cutaways pairs strong performances and inventive camerawork with a dark satire whose argument gradually overwhelms its humanity.
3 min read
Movies
Enter the Room: What If You Can’t Trust the Person You Are?
Harry Waldman turns sibling friction into a 15-minute disorienting psychological thriller, but can its revelation bear the weight of its carefully built tension?
4 min read
TTRPG
Who's on First Watch? — The Daggerheart Table That Feels Scripted (Without a Script)
A love letter to Who's on First Watch?, the self-funded Daggerheart actual play that sounds professionally produced.
5 min read
Parenting
All Our Broken Beaches: Thoughtlessness of Strangers
A day at the beach turns sour when inconsiderate visitors park machines on the sand where children play, filling the air with gasoline fumes.
3 min read
Sam Raimi
Spiderman 2002: The Original That Still Holds Up
Sam Raimi’s 2002 Spider-Man remains the gold standard for superhero origin stories, blending earnest storytelling with groundbreaking visuals.
3 min read
Mind-Body Connection
Your Mind = Your Body
When my dad died, I discovered how deeply the mind impacts the body.
2 min read
Student Debt
The Lifeboat Is A Lie
The with student loans getting hiked by the Feds, new data reveals half of those with debt could face payment hikes of $500+ monthly.
4 min read
Nature Writing
Dead Tree; Dead Bird
I am suddenly reminded of the little body in the street from some days before—the little body still and unmoving in the middle of the road.
4 min read