A look at two Japanese period films, "Ugetsu" and "Onibaba". Both deal with war and its consequence on regular folk. Ugetsu is explicitly a ghost story and Onibaba is about desperation and moral degradation with an ambiguous supernatural element.

A deep dive into James Gunn's 2025 film "Superman." Spoiler: I love this one. I think it's the best Superman film by a good margin and it's probably my favorite movie in quite a while.

A look at the writing, arranging, and paleontology of my Christmas song "The 12 Tyrannosaurs of Christmas"

The first in a series of 3 about the creation of the Lorem Ipsum Christmas EP, focused on the tracks "O Holy Night" and "Here Comes Santa Claus"

A look at the writing of my original Christmas song "Maybe Next Year (Christmas 1914)"

A deep dive into Superman as he appears in his Modern post-Crisis comics.

A review of Opera Orlando's 2025 production of La Boheme, along with some thoughts about the opera in general.

A deep dive into the very bad 2016 film "Batman v Superman." The second in a series about Superman in media.

My thoughts and analysis of Zack Snyder's 2013 film "Man of Steel"

A look at the fantastic 2025 delta blues / vampire film "Sinners." Some thoughts on the filmmaking and the themes.

A look at Opera Orlando's 2025 production of Scott Joplin's "Treemonisha"

A look at Goethe's novel "The Sorrows of Young Werther" and Jules Massenet's opera adaptation "Werther." I take a look at the adaptational changes in general and the Opera Orlando 2025 production in specific.

I dive into Richard Sale's novel "The White Buffalo" and revisit the 1977 film adaptation. Spoilers: It's a pretty good book.

A deep dive into the subversive Western "High Plains Drifter," a 1973 film directed by, and starring, Clint Eastwood.

A deep dive into the lyrics of Beemo's "Better Now" through the lens of the Kuleshov effect.

A look at Italian filmmaker Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet (1968). Spoilers: It's really good.

A look at Studio Ghibli's 1988 anime masterpiece "Grave of the Fireflies"

A deep dive into Orlando Shakes' 2024 production of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" starring University of Central Florida Masters students.

A review and deep dive into Opera Orlando's 2024 production of Verdi's "Macbeth"

A look at Orlando Ballet's 2024 production of "Romeo and Juliet" with new choreography by James Sofranko.