My essays on BROKER (2022), ELVIS (2022), DECISION TO LEAVE (2022), DRIVE MY CAR (2021), BURNING (2018), TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN (2017), TONY TAKITANI (2004), CHAN IS MISSING (1982), & THE CRIMSON KIMONO (1959) can be read at Bright Wall/Dark Room (@BWDR)! https://t.co/PaPFkKwhjx

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My review of BEYOND THE ICON: ASIAN AMERICAN GRAPHIC NARRATIVES has been published in the latest issue of BIOGRAPHY. In my introduction, I discuss how Asian characters were portrayed in the very first issue of DETECTIVE COMICS, the comic that would eventually feature Batman.

Happy to announce that my essay “Why I Teach THE CATCHER IN THE RYE” has been published in BROAD SOUND, VOLUME 2 — PART ONE. I’ve included the first page here as well as the front and back cover. You can order a physical copy from Amazon here: https://t.co/SwiO5XitCX

My essay on THE CATCHER IN THE RYE appears in BROAD SOUND Vol. 2 — Part One!

The proof copy of Broad Sound Vol. 2 - Part One is in transit, so why not share a copy of the table of contents for the print edition. Look at all that talent in one place. It'll make your head spin. Coming next week.

MAD MAX 2: THE ROAD WARRIOR is a post-apocalyptic chase movie, a refined prototype for not only the next three films in the saga but every “End of the World” movie or TV show thereafter.

MAD MAX is basically a Western with cars and motorcycle gangs, a pre-apocalyptic revenge flick with outstanding action. It’s the kind of exploitation flick from the days of VHS where you’re like, “Whoa, what is THIS?”

NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER: 12 essays on arts and culture, plus a poem. It’s Broad Sound: Vol. 2 Part One. Get it in your inbox on or before July 31, 2024 or else be haunted by the skeletal ghost of William Shakespeare (as illustrated by @travbotknight) https://t.co/vnE0Bq1Too

Ultimately, THE BIKERIDERS becomes a pseudo-love triangle, a tug of war between Kathy who wants Benny to leave the club when things get too dangerous and Jerry who wants him to stay on as his eventual successor.

Rounding out the cast is Jodie Comer as Benny’s tough-talking wife Kathy, who narrates the film in a Midwestern accent that is hilariously thick and makes the actress seem 20 years older than Butler, but I think this true-to-life quirk made the film more interesting & less cliche

However, the film actually centers on Benny, the “Rebel Without a Cause”-type youth played by Austin Butler, channeling all his Elvis swagger into the role. We’ve seen this character a million times before, but Butler actually comes across as the real deal, not a poseur.

Speaking of bygone eras, THE BIKERIDERS documents the brief history of an Illinois motorcycle club founded by Johnny (Tom Hardy), a family man whose life is forever changed by seeing Marlon Brando in “The Wild One.”

It doesn’t matter whether the movie was good, bad, or just okay—we all watched it, especially when it came out on VHS. But that era is over.

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My new essay on Jun Ichikawa's adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s TONY TAKITANI is a personal one, inspired by the sale of my parents’ home, their possessions, and my beloved Star Wars collection. The essay is about a specific film, but it’s also about me.

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