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Tristan Ettleman
Tristan Ettleman

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4 days ago

The Sparklehorse Albums Ranked

Sparklehorse, a project fronted by the dearly departed Mark Linkous, was one of those bands that kind of rewired my brain. When I discovered them in high school, I was sucked into Linkous’ darkly wistful vortex, a timeless sphere of old showbiz inspirations, contemporary alt rock, and quiet yet spacey…

Music

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The Sparklehorse Albums Ranked
The Sparklehorse Albums Ranked
Music

7 min read


Sep 11

The Emma Seligman Movies Ranked

Emma Seligman suddenly exploded into my awareness with SHIVA BABY, a movie I found so creatively executed that I figured I must have missed at least a few of her movies before it. As it turned out, I wasn’t sleeping on Seligman, because her breakout feature was also simply her…

Film

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The Emma Seligman Movies Ranked
The Emma Seligman Movies Ranked
Film

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Sep 9

The Neill Blomkamp Movies Ranked

DISTRICT 9 was one of those movies that, for quite a few years after its release, was in the rotation of my favorite films of all time. While it may have dropped in that estimation in more recent years, it still is a tremendous movie and the kickstarter of, well…

Film

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The Neill Blomkamp Movies Ranked
The Neill Blomkamp Movies Ranked
Film

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Aug 28

Greta Garbo’s Queen Christina Yearns to Break Free

Note: This is the hundred-and-seventy-third in a series of historical/critical essays examining the best in film from each year. Essentially, I am watching films from the beginning of cinematic history that interest me and/or hold some critical or cultural impact. My personal, living list of favorites is being created at…

Film

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Greta Garbo’s Queen Christina Yearns to Break Free
Greta Garbo’s Queen Christina Yearns to Break Free
Film

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Aug 22

The Still Ahead of Its Time Sexuality of Ernst Lubitsch’s Design for Living

Note: This is the hundred-and-seventy-second in a series of historical/critical essays examining the best in film from each year. Essentially, I am watching films from the beginning of cinematic history that interest me and/or hold some critical or cultural impact. My personal, living list of favorites is being created at…

Film

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The Still Ahead of Its Time Sexuality of Ernst Lubitsch’s Design for Living
The Still Ahead of Its Time Sexuality of Ernst Lubitsch’s Design for Living
Film

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Aug 18

The Spiritual Redemption of John Ford’s Pilgrimage

Note: This is the hundred-and-seventy-first in a series of historical/critical essays examining the best in film from each year. Essentially, I am watching films from the beginning of cinematic history that interest me and/or hold some critical or cultural impact. My personal, living list of favorites is being created at…

Film

8 min read

The Spiritual Redemption of John Ford’s Pilgrimage
The Spiritual Redemption of John Ford’s Pilgrimage
Film

8 min read


Aug 8

The Justin Simien Movies Ranked

DEAR WHITE PEOPLE was kind of a moment. I worked at a movie theater when it came out in 2014, and although it had a limited run at my suburban location at least, I seem to recall a modicum of controversy from the Fox News and Co. contingent. Because of…

Film

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The Justin Simien Movies Ranked
The Justin Simien Movies Ranked
Film

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Jul 31

The Blur Albums Ranked

With a retroactive look at the great Britpop War of the ’90s between Oasis and Blur, I’m definitely Team Blur. The tremendously popular foursome of Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, and Dave Rowntree had their share of tabloid hullabaloo not unlike the antics of the Gallagher brothers, fueled by…

Music

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The Blur Albums Ranked
The Blur Albums Ranked
Music

7 min read


Jul 24

The 6th Academy Awards Assessed (1934)

The 6th Academy Awards represented the end of an era. Up to and including this ceremony, held on March 16, 1934 at the Ambassador Hotel, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences considered films straddling August of one year to July of the next. To remedy this with a…

Film

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The 6th Academy Awards Assessed (1934)
The 6th Academy Awards Assessed (1934)
Film

15 min read


Jul 17

The Willis H. O’Brien Movies Ranked

Even if you don’t know Willis H. O’Brien’s name, you probably know his work and the influence of it. O’Brien was a film special effects and stop motion animation pioneer, whose achievements are most famously enshrined in KING KONG (1933), THE LOST WORLD (1925), and MIGHTY JOE YOUNG (1949). Additionally…

Film

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The Willis H. O’Brien Movies Ranked
The Willis H. O’Brien Movies Ranked
Film

6 min read

Tristan Ettleman

Tristan Ettleman

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