Hearing ThingsThe World is Your OysterI’m coming to terms with the fact that Ti West’s films are just not for me. After the milquetoast X, I had high hopes for Pearl, as it…2 min read·Jan 22, 2024----
Hearing ThingsRewatching Chungking ExpressThis past weekend I rewatched one of the finest films of the 90s, Chungking Express, and wow… How many images from that film are burnt into…1 min read·Jul 26, 2023----
Hearing ThingsThis is the Barbie PostI left the theater last night feeling that we are blessed to live in a world where a film like Barbie is released as a blockbuster film…1 min read·Jul 25, 2023----
Hearing ThingsSummer with HongArmed with a MUBI subscription and a VPN, this past week has given me the distinct pleasure of mining for Hong Sang-soo films. Some…1 min read·Jul 25, 2023----
Hearing ThingsIs This All that Happens?I’m feeling disappointed after watching Mia Hansen-Løve’s latest, One Fine Morning. Hansen-Løve’s subtle directorial touch is welcome—and…1 min read·Jul 25, 2023----
Hearing ThingsUncandy ValleyBizarre. The first trailer for Wonka, the upcoming Willy Wonka origin story featuring Timothee Chalamet, has been unveiled in all its…1 min read·Jul 13, 2023----
Hearing Thingsk-hole: The Gifts of Mark FisherWhen reading Mark Fisher — who took his own life on this day in 2017 — there is the occasional, inescapable, disconcerting moment of rhyme…2 min read·Jan 14, 2023----
Hearing ThingsOn Mastroianni’s BirthdayChronically worn, devastatingly handsome. Mastroianni charged his star power with an interiority that’s rarely been seen since. His…1 min read·Sep 28, 2022----
Hearing Things“As Gratifying as This Dust Was”: On Ten Years of Kaputt and Dan Bejar’s WritingI would love to have heard Kaputt as it existed in 2011: a warning shot that signaled the zeitgeist’s newfound fascination with ‘80s…3 min read·Jan 25, 2021----