This seems like the perfect pair of shows to launch my inaugural Spec Fic Archives blog. I’ll be honest, I always get a little queasy when I delve into the idea of writing about theatre, but I'm going to do it anyway. My preference is to focus strictly on storytelling, and theatre introduces a whole … Continue reading You Gave Me Life, Now Show Me How to Live
Hamlet and My Problems: Infinity, Madness, and Literary Paralysis
While much of this site has primarily concerned itself with the nexus of film and screenwriting, I expect that this will change more and more in the near future. I've had a religious conversion of sorts back to the written word. A repentance brought on by night visions and fever dreams. For anyone interested in … Continue reading Hamlet and My Problems: Infinity, Madness, and Literary Paralysis
Persistence of Time: A Review of Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk
Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk begins an existential nightmare and ends as nihilistic commentary on time and fate. But really, what war film doesn’t? And what could Nolan’s Dunkirk stand to teach us that Patton didn’t? That Saving Private Ryan didn’t? Or The Longest Day? The Thin Red Line? Atonement? I’ve been a nut for World War … Continue reading Persistence of Time: A Review of Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk
Hipsters & Daggers: “Hamlet” London Theatre Review
"I thought it was dystopian!" "I thought it was modern?" "I thought it was the past…" The Millennials are confused, and understandably so. The Barbican Centre's production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, directed by Lyndsey Turner and filmed before a live audience, presents a unique and refreshing perspective on the 400-year-old play. It is not the … Continue reading Hipsters & Daggers: “Hamlet” London Theatre Review
Obsession and Madness: “Pawn Sacrifice” Review
Full disclosure: I’m a bit of a chess nerd. That might come as a shock considering how terrible of a chess player I am, but I can confidently say that the magnitude of my theoretical knowledge of the sport in comparison to my deficit of skill is quite large. (Although much of that is owed … Continue reading Obsession and Madness: “Pawn Sacrifice” Review
Requiem for Nightmares: “Black Mass” Review
Black Mass is not the typical glorified gangster film of mob bosses living lives of splendor and decadence while wielding exceptional power. Rather, it is a cold and distant examination of violence and manipulative cruelty. Based on the book of the same name, Black Mass transports us to the snow-strewn and crumbling streets of Boston’s … Continue reading Requiem for Nightmares: “Black Mass” Review
U2
NOTE: I’d like to warn everyone that this memoir is super long and fairly detailed. I’ve broken it up into chapters to aid with navigation. Feel free to read as much or as little as you please. Or, if you prefer, just skim through and look at the pictures. I wrote this more for myself so … Continue reading U2
Interlude
THURSDAY 5/28 AND FRIDAY 5/29 The days between shows were a blur of social media updates, retweets, emails to photographers and rewatching the videos over and over. I was having a hard time eating, my system too jolted by all of the experiences to care for food or sleep or much of anything except U2. … Continue reading Interlude
Wednesday 5/27 – Night 2
I’m ashamed to say that I didn’t know Houston had been flooding. I woke up around 6:00am that morning in both a state of blissful delirium but also uncertain foreboding. I couldn’t sleep; a phenomenon that would reoccur mercilessly over the next several days as the needling pangs of excitement for what had happened and what … Continue reading Wednesday 5/27 – Night 2
Saturday 5/30 – Night 3
Saturday’s show was an anti-climax for me, not in terms of the performance, but because Wednesday was a tough act to follow. It also hurt that Nia couldn’t be there. I hadn’t been able to score a ticket for her and it being a weekend show, they were hard to come by. Also, after not-sleeping, … Continue reading Saturday 5/30 – Night 3
Mariel Calloway 