Idle Reflections

A collection of idle reflections — namely, asides and whatnot put down and published.

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Orlando Museum of Art: 10 Aug 2024

Going to a museum has always been an experience like going to church. Same reverence, quietude required. Except that at…

3 months ago
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The Limey (1999): Mise-en-Scène and Glib Dialogue

"The Limey" is essentially a father-daughter story of a very strange sort, in at least two discrete dimensions. Masterful in…

5 months ago
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The Arden Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra

On the second series edition of the Arden Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra", both this particular 1991 printing as well as…

10 months ago
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Delicious December 2023: Read, Watched

The greatest hits of the last month of December: Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, Broken Code by Jeff Horwitz, My Darling…

10 months ago
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Reading Aloud: Ben Lerner’s “The Rescue”

Reading aloud a poem published in the New York Review of Books September 21, 2023 issue.

1 year ago
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“An Ideal Craftsman”: Psychological Horror from Walter de la Mare

"An Ideal Craftsman" follows a young boy down to the larder, happening upon a crime scene.

1 year ago
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Fearless February 2023 Reading, Watching

The fight for my consciousness took place on the page and on the screen, through reading and viewing. Was bloody.

2 years ago
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G.I.Joe and “G.I.Joe: The Rise of Cobra” (2009): Some History

Idle reflections on the G.I.Joe action figures and comic books as formative influences of my childhood

2 years ago
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Female Friends: Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s "Happy Hour" (2015)

Three curiosities about the lovely 2015 Ryusuke Hamaguchi film about female friendship, "Happy Hour"

2 years ago
  • On Literature, Books

Pleasures in Reading: Edgar Lee Master’s “Spoon River Anthology”

From the "Spoon River Anthology" by Edgar Lee Masters, excerpts and commentary on the experience of its reading

2 years ago