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  • How John Crowley Misunderstands The Goldfinch

    This is a Callout Post In 2019, Warner Brothers released John Crowley’s sophomore film The Goldfinch, adapted from a Pulitzer-winning novel with the same name written by Donna Tartt. The worry kicked in when I heard the news The Goldfinch was being turned into a feature film. I loved John Crowley’s Brooklyn (2015) but adapting…

  • Ciarán’s Top 10 Albums of 2020

    What you get is this Waylon Jennings-esque song about Gone Girl-ing yourself and taking your wedding dress on a cross-country road trip where you meet truckers and have messy sandwiches from Burger King. I have always been a lyrics-first listener of The Mountain Goats and this is a perfect reason why. “I’m going to have…