Jeff Nichols is my favorite director right now. I can’t think of another director whose movies I look forward to quite like his. At the time of this writing I’m 39, almost 40, and Jeff Nichols is right around my age. His heartfelt stories resonate […]

Taboo, is a British drama miniseries created by Steven Knight, Tom Hardy, and his father Edward “Chips” Hardy. Also co-produced by Ridley Scott, the miniseries follows an adventurer who returns to Britain from Africa along with fourteen stolen diamonds to seek vengeance after the death […]

When I was 13, and just learning guitar, my guitar teachers and musical mentors ALL really respected George Michael. (I initially thought that was odd for a bunch of rock musicians.) Specifically, everyone cited Careless Whisper as one of the greatest songs ever written. So, […]

[Updated 2/27/22] Guardians of the Whills Suite When I bounced around Michael Giacchino’s score for Rogue One, Guardians of the Whills, the final song, stood out to me a possible guitar piece. Creating a guitar arrangement is like a football game, you never how the […]

[Updated 4/19/22] A River Runs Through It A River Runs Through It, is modern classic movie about the two sons of a stern minister, growing up in rural Montana while devoted to fly fishing. One son is reserved, while the other one (Brad Pitt) is […]

Composer, Abel Korzeniowski, is best known for, A Single Man (Tom Ford’s first film) and the Showtime series, Penny Dreadful. Abel Korzeniowski’s score for Nocturnal Animals is, in a word, elegant. It’s almost James Bond like. Nocturnal Animals is Tom Ford’s latest psychological noir thriller. […]

I’m very excited to see this movie. Lion is an inspirational true story: A little boy, Saroo, errantly falls asleep on a train which takes him thousands of miles across India, away from home and family. Saroo is eventually adopted by a loving Australian couple. […]

Hacksaw Ridge Hacksaw Ridge is a 2016 biographical war film directed by Mel Gibson, based on the 2004 documentary: The Conscientious Objector. The film tells the extraordinary true story of Desmond Doss, a Seventh-day Adventist Christian who served as a combat medic in World War […]

Westworld Westworld is an American dystopian science fiction Western television series that aired on HBO from 2016 to 2022. It is based upon the 1973 film of the same name written and directed by Michael Crichton. The series is set in a futuristic amusement park […]

Before the Flood Before the Flood is a 2016 documentary film, produced in collaboration with Leonardo DiCaprio. The film follows DiCaprio as he travels to five continents and the Arctic to witness the effects of climate change, and speak to experts and world leaders about […]

Borrowed Time Borrowed Time, is a short film, written and directed by Pixar animators Lou Hamou-Lhadj and Andrew Coats. Set in the Old-West, it explores darker, adult themes for a Pixar animated feature: ‘A weathered Sheriff returns to the remains of an accident he has […]

Snow Snow (Brokeback Mountain) is emblematic of Gustavo Santaolalla’s minimalist, and egoless songwriting. There’s an unusual dissonant chord position at the end of each cycle. It catches you off guard. While Santaolalla is probably following his ear when writing music, he has a proclivity for […]