once upon a time in harlem

My review of the documentary Once Upon a Time in Harlem is now up at Film-Forward. Another excellent watch out of this year's New York Film Festival. 

Images courtesy of Neon.

club kid

My NYFF review of Club Kid is now up at Film-Forward. I really enjoyed this movie and Jordan Firstman's direction and layered performance. 

a long winter

It's been a long time since I last chimed in here, so perhaps it's fitting to post my Film-Forward review of Andrew Haigh's A Long Winter. The film was my first of many New York Film Festival press screenings I attended and because the film, based on Colm Tóibín's novella, is patient and so enveloping in its wintry atmosphere, I thought it was a nice way to kick off another rewarding fest.

Stills courtesy of Mubi.

re-animator

My debut poetry collection, Re-Animator, is now available through Ingram!

You can also currently find it at the below online retailers:

Amazon

B&N

Bookshop.org

The Poetry Shop

Strand

Walmart.com

been here stay here

I've been really impressed by two thoroughly American climate change-minded documentaries from this year so far: the Tangier Island-set Been Here Stay Here, and the roaming rumination of Humboldt USA.

My Film-Forward reviews are here:

Been Here Stay Here

Humboldt USA

re-animator playlist

Here is a Spotify playlist of music referenced in my poetry collection, Re-Animator.

Re-Animator is available to order from Indolent Books. Cover photograph by Michael Galinsky.

i swear

Both Robert Aramayo and Scott Ellis Watson as John Davidson in I Swear.

My Film-Forward review here.

Stills courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.