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Two Flashes: The Women On The Train & Coffee
A pairing of flash fiction stories where human interaction is laden with tension, eagerness, and a yearning for authentic affection… by: Nik Perring1 The Woman…
The Cassandra Syndrome: Prediction, Uncertainty, and Fear of (Climate) Change, Part Two
The second installment of a ten part series which considers the warnings of climate scientists in the context of historical revolutionary scientific theories that met…
Christian Niedan’s History Storytellers — Part Twelve: The Interviewer
The final installment of a twelve part series, recounting and expanding upon an array of interviews with an assemblage of historians and history-infatuated filmmakers. The…
The Cassandra Syndrome: Prediction, Uncertainty, and Fear of (Climate) Change, Part One
The first installment of a ten part series which considers the warnings of climate scientists in the context of historical revolutionary scientific theories that met…
Welcome To The Party Pal — Twenty Episodes In
A look at the eclectic mix of offerings from Welcome To The Party Pal: The Mind-Bending Film & Television Podcast You Didn’t Know You Needed…
Christian Niedan’s History Storytellers — Part Eleven: The Dualist
The eleventh installment of a twelve part series, recounting and expanding upon an array of interviews with an assemblage of historians and history-infatuated filmmakers. The…
Two Poems by David Dodd Lee
Reading these poems by David Dodd Lee is to enter a world that is both comfortingly familiar and disconcertingly strange. That is, to read them…
A Forgone Conclusion
A bewitching, ominous pastoral comedy that draws you into the orbit of a cursed, embattled family… by: Jeff Schneekloth “I‘ve had it with these…
For Your Consideration: Vice
The case for Adam McKay’s Vice to win Best Picture at the 2019 Academy Awards… by: Douglas Grant Before 2015, many knew Adam McKay as…
For Your Consideration: If Beale Street Could Talk
The case for Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk to win Best Picture at the 2019 Academy Awards… by: Maggie Sachson Something fascinating happened…
Podcast: A Night At The Garden with Marshall Curry
Across The Margin: The Podcast explores the poignant work of noted documentarist Marshall Curry, particularly the chilling, Oscar nominated short “One Night At The Garden”……
For Your Consideration: Sorry To Bother You
Snubbed by The Academy: Celebrating Boots Riley’s Sorry To Bother You as the Best Picture released in 2018… by: Michael Shields I make every effort…
For Your Consideration: The Favourite
The case for Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite to win Best Picture at the 2019 Academy Awards… by: Chris Thompson Greek director, producer, and screenwriter Yorgos Lanthimos…
For Your Consideration— Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
The case for Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse for 2018’s Best Animated Feature, a film that redefines what a reboot is capable of… by: Michael Shields…
Christian Niedan’s History Storytellers — Part Ten: The Screenwriter
The tenth installment of a twelve part series, recounting and expanding upon an array of interviews with an assemblage of historians and history-infatuated filmmakers. The…