10. Slow West.  “Once upon a time, 1870 to be exact, a 16 year-old kid traveled from the cold shoulder of Scotland to the baking heart of America to find his love …”  In his feature film debut, writer/director John Maclean offers us a post-deconstruction reconstruction of the Western as haunted folk ballad.  To be sure, we’ve seen and heard all ... Read More »

Spoiler Scale (How spoilery is this article on a scale of 1 to 10?):  3   Human beings are hunters and gatherers – walking, talking contradictions whose ambitions trump even their biological imperatives.  Yet, with all of our success as a species, at this point in our history, so many hunters and gathers are resigned to cramped spaces – apartments, cubicles, ... Read More »