The Big Heat was one of the most intense and gritty noir films made during the genre’s two decade prime. Arriving in the latter half of that… Read more “The Big Heat (1953)”
Author: David Nilsen
A Review of Linda S. Godfrey’s American Monsters
In October 2010, I retreated into a local tract of forest with some friends for the purpose of making a really bad werewolf movie. Our goal was… Read more “A Review of Linda S. Godfrey’s American Monsters”
The Birds (1963)
The Birds is perhaps the strangest film Alfred Hitchcock ever made, or at least the most unlikely. Though the film’s tension comes more from suspense than horror,… Read more “The Birds (1963)”
Bright Star (2009)
Bright Star (2009) is a film of such tender, unguarded emotion, about such honest, bare affection, it could be written off by an immature viewer as a flight… Read more “Bright Star (2009)”
A Review of Michelle Y. Burke’s Animal Purpose
In the opening poem of Michelle Y. Burke’s poetry collection Animal Purpose (Ohio University Press) she tells of a horse that breaks away from her grip as she leads… Read more “A Review of Michelle Y. Burke’s Animal Purpose”
A Review of Some Go Hungry by J. Patrick Redmond
Farming and God were two industries by which family fortune might flourish or fail in Fort Sackville. Fort Sackville, Indiana, the setting for J. Patrick Redmond’s novel Some… Read more “A Review of Some Go Hungry by J. Patrick Redmond”
A Review of Brenda Shaughnessy’s So Much Synth
Though CDs were the primary media in music sales by the time I was a teenager, I am old enough to have enjoyed the tail end of… Read more “A Review of Brenda Shaughnessy’s So Much Synth”
A Review of Angela Palm’s Riverine
Angela Palm grew up in the middle of nowhere, and only someone else who grew up in the middle of nowhere can really understand what that means.… Read more “A Review of Angela Palm’s Riverine”
A Review of Witch Hunt by Juliet Escoria
In “Flame War,” the poem that gives her debut poetry collection Witch Hunt its title, Juliet Escoria offers something of a statement of purpose for the book, or… Read more “A Review of Witch Hunt by Juliet Escoria”
A Review of Look by Solmaz Sharif
Solmaz Sharif’s debut poetry collection Look from Graywolf Press is a book that should provoke anger in its readers: anger because of the injustices the book chronicles, because of the lies spoken… Read more “A Review of Look by Solmaz Sharif”
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