Features and Columns

Culture Warrior: The Contemporary Auteur, Part 2

Last week I wrote about the history of the auteur theory and its strengths and weaknesses when applied to actual… Read More

Old Ass Movies: Throne Of Blood

Every Sunday, Film School Rejects presents a film that was made before you were born and tells you why you… Read More

Print to Projector: The Book of Dave

As the only literate Reject, it’s my duty to find the latest, the greatest and the untouched classics that would… Read More

Culture Warrior: The Contemporary Auteur, Part 1

Last month as I sat down to watch Scorsese’s Shutter Island with the rest of the Austin-based Reject crew, Lost… Read More

Print to Projector: On the Road

As the only literate Reject, it’s my duty to find the latest, the greatest and the untouched classics that would… Read More

Culture Warrior: The Paradoxical Importance of Film Festivals

Since our resident genius Landon Palmer is out on the town this week at South By Southwest, I am foolishly… Read More

Print to Projector: Carter Beats the Devil

As the only literate Reject, it’s my duty to find the latest, the greatest and the untouched classics that would… Read More

Culture Warrior: Kathryn Bigelow’s Next Move

For an industry that is viewed reductively by much of middle America as being politically left-leaning to the point of… Read More

Old Ass Oscar: Elmer Gantry

Every Sunday in February, Film School Rejects presents an Oscar Nominee for Best Picture that was made before you were… Read More

Culture Warrior: The Coens’ Uncertainty Principle

“The Uncertainty Principle: It proves we can’t ever really know what’s going on.” As illustrated by this scene in the Coens’… Read More