A deep dive into the obscure 1983 horror film "The Keep," directed by Michael Mann and the slightly less obscure 1981 F. Paul Wilson novel it's based on. The premise is great: German soldiers occupying a keep in Romania during World War 2 get slaughtered by a supernatural force. While the book is enjoyable and interesting (though it doesn't stick the landing). the film is a wreck, plagued with production problems and savaged in the final edit. This was a really fun one to th

A deep dive into the classic 1971 blaxploitation film "Shaft" and the 1970 novel it is based on. The film is good and very important to both film and pop-culture. The book is *really* good and it's interesting to see how different it is than the movie despite the events being largely the same.

A look at two excellent standalone graphic novels set in the Aliens universe:: "Dead Orbit" and "Sacrifice"

A deep dive into Gustav Flaubert's masterful 1856 novel "Madame Bovary." Spoilers: It's...masterful.

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

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.

A dive into the medium specific techniques and "language" of comic books.

A look back at some of the best books I read in 2019.