Writer/editor for hire. Formerly: The A.V. Club, Time Out Chicago.
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The Batman 2022
My final A.V. Club review. Might as well use this space to say that I'm officially a free agent. Anyone in need of a writer and editor with a decade-plus of professional experience, shoot me a DM on Twitter.
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Benediction 2021
Full Empire review. "Why do you hate the modern world?" "Because it's younger than me."
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The Innocents 2021
Full Digital Trends review. There's just not much to this—narratively, thematically, formally. Pretty good child actors, though.
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The Matrix Resurrections 2021
Pivotal scene is the bluntly confessional conversation where the movie just comes right out and tells us that Warner Bros. was going to make more Matrix with or without everyone involved, so Lana and Keanu and company signed on to protect the franchise best they could. Afraid I don't find that daring so much as just depressingly revealing: a kind of apology for the film's very existence—and one that betrays the animating inspiration of the whole endeavor as a begrudged,…