At the movies: The 50th Annual New York Film Festival.

 For my eleventh consecutive New York Film Festival, I wanted to have a grand experience. I only saw two films I hated, so that certainly counts for something.

 There were so many dazzling moments, I just sort of had to keep my responses internal, barring the occasional gleeful gasp or slack-jawed amazement.

So here's my write-up from NYFF 2012. I hope you enjoy it. There were so many good films that I couldn't fit them all in, so much respect also to Pablo Larrain's No and Damon Packard's Foxfur, which I recommend to all.

At the movies: The Help.

Writing about race is difficult.

There's some outtakes of a sort from this piece coming. My editor and I are trying to figure out the best way to present them, but it's good stuff. Call it a nice dessert after the main meal of this, my thoughts on The Help.

At the movies: Bridesmaids.

Okay, here's a fun little activity (possibly). First up, here's my Bridesmaids review as it ran in The Tennessean. It's always fun when this happens, because I hear from family members whom I normally would not. Here, then, is my original full-length review, as published at No Concessions on the Metromix Nashville website.

I include both for two reasons- 1) I am desperate for even the slightest bit of attention as a writer, and 2) I think it's interesting to see how the streamlining and editing process works. So take a peek, if you'd like. And definitely see Bridesmaids, because it's pretty awesome.