I am now 24 films deep into this year's field for the Animated Feature Oscar. Only three entries remain after this, and of those three, only one will definitely become available this month. The debate for me then becomes whether to watch it and give it a standalone review, wait until the other two get … Continue reading Back Row Thoughts – Animation Nomination, Part 3
There are only a few days left in 2022, and I'm scrambling to see as much as possible before the year-end cutoff. It's not that I'm going to stop watching stuff once the calendar turns over, just that there's a bit of OCD in my head that I want to keep things as contained and … Continue reading Back Row Thoughts – Animation Nomination, Part 2
The murder of Emmett Till is one of the most tragic and important moments in American history. Even when I was a kid, it was learning about his lynching that crystallized the idea of racism in my mind. I had been taught about things like slavery and the Civil Rights Movement, and how great people … Continue reading August 1955 and Everything After – Till
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