Breaking Bad 4
As the footnote which concluded the last article hinted, we are going to have to spend a little time looking at Walter’s first two murders. The only way we can […]
Author Archives: Joel Barish
Breaking Bad 3
Before we unpack what it means for a person to have a “Walter White Complex”, I’d like to be specific about my claim that Breaking Bad is an example of […]
Breaking Bad 2
I will resist the urge to summarize part one of this review. If you missed it, and you’d like to read it, click the link titled “Breaking Bad” on the […]
Breaking Bad
Several years ago, I reviewed the pilot script for this series and found it to be mediocre. [Unfortunately that review has been lost.] Several weeks ago, I watched the pilot […]
Fantastic Four
I would never have believed myself someone to be reviewing two uninspiring Super Hero movies in a row, but I came across an article from Screen Rant that makes another […]
Civil War
I have written extensively about the super-hero genre. All of that press from me toward the Overwomen and Men derived from comic “books” has been positive. That ends today. Civil […]
Literary Chiaroscuro
Here are the five segments in the addendum to dialogue formation: Subtext Revisited Literary Slide Rules About That And Which The Mountebanks of Questionable Construction Response Possibility Fields The […]
Ranking the Coens
In spite of the fact that I have confidence in my talents [as I see them], I aim for humility at all times. I have noticed that whenever I begin […]
Raising Arizona
This review would have completed my survey of the Coen Brothers… had they not insisted on continuing their careers by writing and directing Hail, Caesar. A critic’s work is never […]
Steve Jobs
Outside my window, the weather event which will [eventually] come to be known as The Blizzard of ’16 buries the world in a thick white blanket. It strikes me, as […]
Searching for Charlie Kaufman 