Bloody Mary / Dry January / Full Moon Glory Hole / Izzy / How to Stay Awake
Below is a smattering of capsule reviews of some of the finest short films that ...
Coverage from Salem Horror Festival 8
DIRECTED BY KAYE ADELAIDE/2025
The Rebrand is a horror-comedy — but unlike most horror-comedies, it’s actually ...
So Fades The Light / Head Like A Hole / Pater Noster And The Mission Of Light
Below is a smattering of capsule reviews of select films playing at the 2025 S...
Life, Death and the Mind of Cronenberg
DIRECTED BY DAVID CRONENBERG/2025
There’s something about David Cronenberg’s films that has always struck me a...
The Live Action Short Film Nominees are...
The organization SHORTS (home of ShortsTV) has brought this year’s batch of Oscar nominated Live Action, Docu...
The 2025 Oscars will get Animated Shortly…
The organization SHORTS (home of ShortsTV) has brought this year’s batch of 2025's Oscar nominated Live Actio...
Two 2024 Oscar Contenders Demonstrate Vastly Different Approaches to Contemporary Political Allegory
The first time Donald Trump became president, I remembe...
A Film About Guilt, Loss and Trauma, All Explored Deep in Nature
DIRECTED BY AUSTIN SMAGALSKI/2024
To Die Alone is an emotionally intense and beautif...
A Family in Crisis
DIRECTED BY ANNA THALMAN/2024
The Loved and Lost dives into the complexities of family dynamics amidst financial hardship, capturi...
Paul has written about politics and baseball for other outlets in the past. Besides cinema, he cites baseball, music and fitness as other key passions in his life. His reviews are humorous and sometimes cutting, aiming to get at central themes of any given movie. For him, the value of film lies in the way the art form can use plot, vision and sound to create stories of flawed, relatable people that are riveting and allegories for deeper things.
