Brows Held High

“O beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed by human tears” - Katherine Lee Bates: America the Beautiful I started writing this last year, back when I was in a different mood. I wondered if I should go through with it. But then again, if not now, then when?

A patron request had me watch this movie full of vomit, preserved body parts and other things I'll have a hard time showing on Youtube. In other words, I've gone back to my roots. Don't eat before watching this video.

Everything you always wanted to know about spirituality... can't be found here. But it's a useful discussion starter. Who wants to talk Kabbalah?

Three point one four one five nine two six five three five...

Why the king of silent film couldn't stay silent.

I'm shocked I hadn't done this one yet, either.

Part of this year's Shakespeare Month. Sorry about the sweatiness - my lights were hotter than usual.

From a Hopi word meaning, "backfiring social commentary."

So… why *is* there a watermelon there?

Guy Maddin's movie is wild, sure, but there's a sobering reality behind it.

What it's like to watch one of the most influential documentaries of all time, in a year when once again we debate the Confederacy and worry about nuclear apocalypse.

I'm pretty sure I went through this entire video without once calling anyone a "boy."

Anna Biller's movie is a feminist masterpiece, but not for the reason you might think.

In a world... where absolutely everyone does voiceover...

Oh hi, death knell of a toxic culture and the ideologies that perpetuate it.