Yesterday I watched Parenthood (again) and was blown away by how tight it is, moment to moment, about family dynamics. Parenthoodhttp://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi452264729/  There's a telling dinner scene involving the picture of modern American familial pro… Read full post »

Thursday afternoon... 5 Media Units Consumed in 48 hours, not including Sesame Street or the opening scenes of Steel Magnolias (end of the movie too sad to watch any more than that). 

I've always considered my film preferences to be pretty refined, bu… Read full post »

I've been mediacating big time these days.  Mediacating. Not medicating.  I hope people catch that.  Medicating through media, basically.

Most of us do it, but how many of us can hold onto the buzz, can summon up the anticipation of visual or narrative balm in an ev… Read full post »