Curated Beef, September 2022 My favorite time of year is early fall. The weather is no longer proximal […]
“Tell Max That It Concerns the Sandman”: On George Smiley
The procedural is my comfort food. I seek the calm of the solved mystery the way that some may […]
Curated Beef: August 2022
August 2022 Your monthly installment arrives after a four-month hiatus. 😉 Moving Pictures We’re in the dog […]
A Man Sits in Silence, Looking Passively at a Crumbling Wall: The Legacy of Jean-Pierre Melville’s Le Samouraï
You know the vibe even if you don’t know the source. Electric streetlights, endless concrete, desperate people living among […]
Waitin’ on a Disc, Part 1
If you are a fiend for physical media like we are, you may find yourself tracking the high-end restoration distributors […]
5 Thoughts On… The Lost City
1. Sandra Bullock could do this role in her sleep, but thankfully she’s dialed in. Loretta Sage, like […]
Curated Beef: April 2022
Curated Beef, April 2022 The movies are back, baybeee! This April features three projects that I’ve been awaiting forever. […]
5 Thoughts On… The Batman (2022)
I feel like I saw that first movie trailer for The Batman about a decade ago. It looked cool, […]
Curated Beef: March 2022
Curated Beef, March 2022 Welcome to March! In my southwestern Pennsylvania corner of the world, we’re a month or […]
“This will be a long night. Send out for some beer and sandwiches”: On Jules Maigret
Jules Maigret is surely the most famous literary detective who remains a relative unknown in the United States. He’s […]
Alleged Buff: K I M I
An old feature renewed with the new year. Please join me in welcoming Trent Crofts to the Empire as we […]
5 Thoughts on… Reacher
Amazon Prime’s newest television adaptation should be familiar to dads and other airport novel readers everywhere. Reacher (2022) adapts […]