Author: Chuck
Yelling at Nothing
Toothless satire is worse than useless when we know who the bad guys are (Spoilers for Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die)
Get Down With Your Bad Self
More about “Wuthering Heights,” a more expansive take on art, and the transgressive joy of learning to love all the embarrassing versions of yourself
“One” Thing I Love About “Wuthering Heights”
Emerald Fennell’s movie inspired by the classic novel invites us to reconsider how we process, interpret, and remember art (spoilers)
Appleseed Avenue
The puppet-themed escape room in southern California is probably the best one I’ve ever experienced
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Did Someone Say Birthday?
Two tunes starting off a playlist for a birthday week
Where Have You Gone, Hard Hat Mack?
Discoverability, building communities, and adjusting to a market based on sustainability instead of breakout hits
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Moondog’s Theme, Caffeinated
Two tunes from Louis Thomas Hardin, Moondog, the Viking of 6th Avenue
Dancing About The Bone Temple
More thoughts about the 28 Days Later series as multi-sensory experiences. (Lots of spoilers for the whole series)
CEO of the Flies, or, One Thing I Love About Send Help
Send Help is tremendously fun and fully committed to defying expectations and being purely visceral movie-making. (Some spoilers without giving away the best surprises)
Catherine O’Hara and the Simple Kindness of Humanism
A brief tribute to Catherine O’Hara and what we can all probably learn about overthinking kindness and comedy
China on Easy Mode
A short travelogue from a week in Hong Kong, with a digression about Ugly Americanism
