New on ye olde blog: "Ithaca Film Journal: 4/16/26." My favorite new movie now playing local theaters is THE DRAMA, and this week's home video recommendation is MAGELLAN. prodigalcinephile.com/2026/04/16/i...
The 2026 Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival is a wrap! My clear favorite of the 9 new movies I saw was THE LOVE THAT REMAINS. I also dug the Ithacan-directed NUISANCE BEAR, and the biggest pleasant surprise was A LIFE ILLUMINATED. No duds. "Dispatch" blog post coming soon!
Just purchased tickets + secured lodging for Capitolfest 2026 in Rome, NY--drop me a line if you're going, too, and want to meet up for a meal! Will publish a dispatch post on ye olde blog in August after I get back. www.romecapitol.com/movie/capito...
New on ye olde blog: "Ithaca Film Journal: 4/9/26." Local theatrical highlights include the four four days of the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival + one last chance to see ALPHA at Cinemapolis, and my latest home video recommendation = INDIA SONG. prodigalcinephile.com/2026/04/09/i...
The last two movies I watched were TIE XI QU: WEST OF THE TRACKS and COSMIC PRINCESS KAGUYA! They are, uh, very different.
New on ye olde blog: "Ithaca Film Journal: 4/2/26." Local theatrical highlights include ALPHA and week 2 of the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival at Cinemapolis, and my latest home video recommendation is FLEFF '25 highlight 7 WALKS WITH MARK BROWN. prodigalcinephile.com/2026/04/02/i...
The way I arrange the pillows on our couch when I settle in to watch a movie is now being referred to in my family as "creating a throne." Which: I believe this makes me the King of Cinema!
I submit that the aerial effects in WINGS are just as good if not better, btw. It played my local Regal recently and is very much worth seeing on the big screen if you can! letterboxd.com/prdglcinephi...
Next year is the 50th anniversary of STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE. 50 years prior to that it was still the silent era.
If you were able to resist pausing NEWS FROM HOME six minutes in to Google "New York Egg Auction," you're a better home video viewer than I am!
This is the year I find out if Spotify Wrapped tells you if you've listened to an artist more than literally any other human being on earth, because there's no way I'm not #1 for The Fall.
New on ye olde blog: "Ithaca Film Journal: 3/26/26." Local theatrical highlights include the opening of the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival tomorrow + this week's home video recommendation = LIGHT, NOISE, SMOKE, AND LIGHT, NOISE, SMOKE on Vimeo. prodigalcinephile.com/2026/03/26/i...
Currently on the outside looking in, but maybe not for much longer if you tell me I'm making a mistake: SUGAR ISLAND + A LIFE ILLUMINATED.
Think I'm going for 11 movies at this year's Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival: CLASH OF THE WOLVES, SILENT FRIEND, THE LOVE THAT REMAINS, THE FALLING SKY, NUISANCE BEAR, MARE'S NEST, SEEDS, OUR LAND, NORTHERN LIGHTS, FAUST, and THE BLUE TRAIL.
New on ye olde blog: "The World Is Our Why." I talk to Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival Co-Directors Michael Richardson + Andrew Utterson about their programming philosophy + FLEFF’s place in the local arts ecosystem ahead of next Friday's opening. prodigalcinephile.com/2026/03/19/t...
Did you really like or despise the 2022 French movie ATHENA? If so, I'd love to know what you think about the Brazilian film STATE OF FEAR now streaming on Netflix! Is it much better? Way worse? Are they even cut from the same cloth at all or am I comparing epaulets + inseams?
New on ye olde blog: "Ithaca Film Journal: 3/19/26." Local theatrical highlights include the very first Best Picture Oscar winner WINGS at the Regal Ithaca Mall on Monday + my latest home video rec = ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, which just took that prize. prodigalcinephile.com/2026/03/19/i...
Happy New Movie Year to all who also observe the (if I may) Andy-ian calendar! My top "ten" list of 17 favorite new movies is now up on ye olde blog along with my five favorite first-time repertory viewings and Oscar picks. prodigalcinephile.com/2026/03/15/t...
New on ye olde blog: " Ithaca Film Journal: 3/12/26." Local theatrical highlights include SIRÂT opening at Cinemapolis, and my latest home video recommendation is ELLA MCCAY, which has a Cornell connection you might have missed! prodigalcinephile.com/2026/03/12/i...
New on ye olde blog: "Ithaca Film Journal: 3/5/26." It's Oscar season + you can see nearly half the nominees on local big screens this week. Meanwhile, my latest home video recommendation THE TALE OF SILYAN looks ahead to my Movie Year 2025 top "ten" list. prodigalcinephile.com/2026/03/05/i...
New on ye olde blog: "Capsule Reviews of 2026 Oscar-Nominated Shorts." If this somehow helps you win your Academy Awards pool, I will of course expect you to Venmo me a proportional share of your winnings! prodigalcinephile.com/2026/03/03/c...
New on ye olde blog: “Ithaca Film Journal: 2/26/26.” I usher the term “art gallery movie” into the film criticism lexicon via my latest home video rec DANCE, GIRL, DANCE. Local theatrical highlights include more shorts than you can shake a stick at! prodigalcinephile.com/2026/02/26/i...
I took the girls to get their ears pierced last fall. It's now officially my job to give them earrings every birth-/holiday + wow, if you too have kids in your life, this is the way to go: the supply of cool ones tailored to whatever they're currently into is INEXHAUSTIBLE!
New on ye olde blog: "You Know the Escape." In which I try to do justice to my favorite movie dialogue ever, from the extremely underrated REDBELT. I've been meaning to write this one for a very long time! prodigalcinephile.com/2026/02/21/y...
I spend too much time thinking about exclamation points!
Now available on Educational Media Reviews Online: my review of ISRAEL PALESTINE ON SWEDISH TV 1958-1989. This was a particularly rewarding assignment because it appealed to me both as a cinephile and a librarian. emro.libraries.psu.edu/record/index...
You know that feeling when you hear a song and it's, like, OMG this is about my life! open.spotify.com/track/2fMrsQ...
New on ye olde blog: "Ithaca Film Journal: 2/19/26." My latest home vid rec = THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS, the best movie depiction of hurtling down a mountain (non-Olympics category). Local theatrical highlights include MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS + SOUND OF FALLING. prodigalcinephile.com/2026/02/19/i...