About this site

This website has gone through many changes over the years but it has always been home to my photography and writing.

There was a time when I imagined everyone would have their own website, that the web would enable the production of original work as well as the consumption of it. While “home pages” haven’t entirely disappeared, today social media has largely delivered on this promise.

I still have a fondness for that original idea, arguably the reason for the invention of hypertext and the “WorldWideWeb” in the first place: to cultivate unique spaces where individuals can express themselves, share ideas, and point to things they find interesting.

Thanks for visiting mine.

Latest movies

A Few Good Men, 1992

★★

March 23, 2025

Rebel Without a Cause, 1955

★★★★

Longtime gap for me. As such, hard to get past its iconic status and resist scrutinizing every frame. Dean’s studied cool expresses “the meaningless of it all” and yet, with all eyes on him — at times disoriented, protective, threatened, longing, voracious — he is the life force of the film.

March 15, 2025

Prisoners, 2013

★★

A raw, at times over-the-top, portrayal of the lengths (and depths) one will or will not go when the unthinkable happens. While the direction and cinematography didn’t fail to keep my attention, I found the story and scene progression to be uneven and disjointed, which ultimately proved too distracting. Disappointing overall given Villeneuve’s obvious talents and achievements elsewhere.

March 13, 2025

Latest books

Joe finished reading 'Lone Women'

April 25, 2025

Joe finished reading 'Congratulations, by the Way: Some Thoughts on Kindness'

April 25, 2025

Joe started reading 'Tom Lake'

April 19, 2025

Joe started reading 'Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts'

April 19, 2025

Joe finished reading 'The Human Target, Volume 2'

April 17, 2025

Contact

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