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Below are the columns I wrote for the "Santa Cruz Sentinel" between 9th and 12th grade, presented in simple chronological order. Please keep in mind how young I was when reading the early ones.
Why Film is My Favorite Art FormOn Conversations With WilderShanghai Noon, Mission: Impossible II & HamletThe Farrelly Bros. vs. Preston SturgesOrson Welles & The Magnificent Ambersons Watching Videos with my FamilyFall releases to look our for Hitchcock's role in shaping who I amA Quick Take on a Haunted House (not movie-related)Alternative Halloween RentalsLists as a Part of Film CultureMovies whose meanings are communicated visuallyThe ten best scenes in a year of filmWhy films need to be seen more than onceThoughts on O Brother, Where Art Thou?Steamboat Bill, Jr. and the work of Buster KeatonThe Art of the Twist EndingA Steven Spielberg Film? Reading into A.I.The summer's most misunderstood comedy -- Planet of the ApesA Century of Film in 10 DaysGhost World: the best new film since 12 MonkeysHighlights of David Lynch's CareerAlternative Halloween Rentals - Part 2!The Man Who Wasn't There, Mulholland Drive & Monsters, Inc.Filmic gifts for the holidaysWrapping up the yearThe Royal Tenenbaums & In the BedroomThe Royal Tenenbaums againThe First Great Movie of 2002An appreciation of Billy WilderSpider-ManStudio comedy done right The New American Art Film (and, no, I'm not kidding) Why the Sight & Sound polls suckHalloween Rentals, Part ThreePunch of the Drunken Lover Gangs of New York and year-end wrap up Catch This Motherfucker 25th Hour The Pianist, Pirates, and Statutory Rape: Roman Polanski's Lowest Moments Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Why Film is My Favorite Art FormOn Conversations With WilderShanghai Noon, Mission: Impossible II & HamletThe Farrelly Bros. vs. Preston SturgesOrson Welles & The Magnificent Ambersons Watching Videos with my FamilyFall releases to look our for Hitchcock's role in shaping who I amA Quick Take on a Haunted House (not movie-related)Alternative Halloween RentalsLists as a Part of Film CultureMovies whose meanings are communicated visuallyThe ten best scenes in a year of filmWhy films need to be seen more than onceThoughts on O Brother, Where Art Thou?Steamboat Bill, Jr. and the work of Buster KeatonThe Art of the Twist EndingA Steven Spielberg Film? Reading into A.I.The summer's most misunderstood comedy -- Planet of the ApesA Century of Film in 10 DaysGhost World: the best new film since 12 MonkeysHighlights of David Lynch's CareerAlternative Halloween Rentals - Part 2!The Man Who Wasn't There, Mulholland Drive & Monsters, Inc.Filmic gifts for the holidaysWrapping up the yearThe Royal Tenenbaums & In the BedroomThe Royal Tenenbaums againThe First Great Movie of 2002An appreciation of Billy WilderSpider-ManStudio comedy done right
The New American Art Film (and, no, I'm not kidding)
Why the Sight & Sound polls suckHalloween Rentals, Part ThreePunch of the Drunken Lover
Gangs of New York and year-end wrap up
Catch This Motherfucker
25th Hour
The Pianist, Pirates, and Statutory Rape: Roman Polanski's Lowest Moments Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Other odds and ends, some truly shameful, can be found at http://www.epinions.com/user-m.s..
