This Series Ain't Broke, But Season 3 Fixes It Anyway
Netflix/2018
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” is an expression which
here means if something ...
A Complicated Response to a Complicated Awards Contender
DIRECTOR: PETER FARRELLY/2018
At this point in awards season—I’m sorry, Awards Season—it’s d...
Ethan Hawke Leads One of the Best Films of the Year
DIRECTOR: PAUL SCHRADER/2018
In college, I suffered from an acute depression. I’m not sure if tha...
The Best of a Bleak Year
Confession time: I dragged my feet writing my Best Of list this year. The reasons are threefold:
This is one of my favorite ...
Prep for Awards Shows, a Collector's Show, and Oscar Micheaux
A peek behind the curtain: I'm wrapping up the piece the night before I head out on a cross-co...
Star of TV Comedy and Major Director, Dead at 75.
I confess, I’m still getting to know Penny Marshall.
In my defense, I missed her during her career’...
Mary Poppins Returns With a Marvelous, Mystical, Classical Musical
DIRECTED BY ROB MARSHALL/2018
I suspect many others will call Mary Poppins Returns “practi...
Taylor Blake is a life-long film aficionado. Ever since she saw The Lion King in theatres at age 2, she was hooked—initially on every Simba and Nala stuffed animal she could find, later on any great movie she could find. She graduated in 2014 with a B.A. in Journalism from Taylor University, where she also dabbled in film courses. One of her college highlights was attending the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.