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“One Battle After Another” Does Everything Right EXCEPT Pass the “Superman” Verisimilitude Test

Nov 10, 2025

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4 min read

“One Battle After Another” Does Everything Right EXCEPT Pass the “Superman” Verisimilitude Test

Remarkably, this timely and very well-made film shows how hard it is to conjure the key to movie magic

Tacos, Tech, and the Slacker Wisdom of “Sex, Lies, and Videotape”

Jun 10, 2025

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6 min read

Tacos, Tech, and the Slacker Wisdom of “Sex, Lies, and Videotape”

How “the one key thing” may help cope with today’s tech-driven absurdities