From June 2019 to December 2022, I was a staff writer for 25YL Media on 25YL, a Twin Peaks tribute site started by Andrew Grevas that grew to subsites of different mediums and genres. In 2023, the film department branched off to become its own site: FILM OBSESSIVE. At that time, I was promoted to become an Assistant Editor in addition to continuing the Content Supervisor duties I’ve held since 2022. In 2024, I was promoted to Editor in Chief. I’ve been primarily bringing my current film reviews to Film Obsessive as a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. True to the site’s origins on 25YL, retrospectives are one of their specialties, where, all year long, their collective writing departments review all cultural things turning 25. That has often given me the chance to turn back the clock. The new site is growing by leaps and bounds and I’m very proud to have my work be a part of it and reach new audiences. Here is an extensive archive of my Film Obsessive work:

MY FILM OBSESSIVE AUTHOR PAGE

NEW RELEASE FILM REVIEWS

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Absence of Eden (April 11, 2024)

Ad Astra (September 19, 2019)

The Adam Project (March 11, 2022)

Adam the First (February 14, 2024)

Air (April 6, 2023)

Alice, Darling (January 18, 2023)

All Day and a Night (May 1, 2020)

All My Life (December 5, 2020)

Alone Together (July 18, 2022)

Along For the Ride (May 6, 2022)

Always Be My Maybe (June 17, 2019)

American Fiction (December 15, 2023)

American Underdog (December 24, 2021)

The Animal Kingdom (March 16, 2024)

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (February 23, 2023)

Antebellum (September 19, 2020)

Apollo 10 1/2 (April 15, 2022)

Arkansas (May 12, 2020)

Armageddon Time (November 4, 2022)

Avatar: The Way of Water (December 13, 2022)

Auggie (September 26, 2019)

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Bang Bang (June 11, 2024)

The Banshees of Inisherin (October 28, 2022)

Barbie (July 18, 2023)

The Batman (February 28, 2022)

Beast (August 18, 2022)

Becky (June 4, 2020)

Before Dawn (July 19, 2024)

Belfast (November 24, 2021)

Belle (July 21, 2023)

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (July 2, 2024)

The Bikeriders (June 20, 2024)

Biosphere (July 11, 2023)

Black Bear (December 5, 2020)

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (November 8, 2022)

Black White and the Grays (October 11, 2023)

Black Widow (July 2, 2021)

Blackbird (September 15, 2020)

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (October 23, 2020)

Boston Strangler (March 18, 2023)

Both Sides of the Blade (July 7, 2022)

The Boys in the Boat (December 19, 2023)

Breaking (August 26, 2022)

Brian Banks (August 9, 2019)

The Brink Of (April 20, 2024)

Burden (March 5, 2020)

The Burial (October 14, 2023)

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The Call of the Wild (February 19, 2020)

Capone (May 16, 2020)

Cherry (March 15, 2021)

Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers (May 20, 2022)

Civil War (April 10, 2024)

The Class (October 26, 2022)

Clemency (January 10, 2020)

Cocaine Bear (February 25, 2023)

Coffee & Kareem (April 4, 2020)

Cold Copy (February 3, 2024)

Coming 2 America (March 8, 2021)

Confess, Fletch (September 14, 2022)

Cottontail (July 10, 2024)

Creed III (February 24, 2023)

Cruella (May 27, 2021)

The Crusades (July 3, 2023)

Cuties (September 19, 2020)

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Da 5 Bloods (June 13, 2020)

Daddio (June 28, 2024)

Dandelion (July 12, 2024)

DC League of Super-Pets (July 27, 2022)

Deadpool & Wolverine (July 23, 2024)

Dear Evan Hansen (September 24, 2021)

Death on the Nile (February 8, 2022)

Deep Sky (April 19, 2024)

Deep Water (March 16, 2022)

The Departure (June 13, 2020)

The Desperate Hour (February 22, 2022)

Devotion (November 25, 2022)

The Dig (January 29, 2021)

Dirt Music (July 18, 2020)

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (May 3, 2022)

Don’t Look Up (December 8, 2021)

Dreamin’ Wild (September 3, 2023)

Dune (October 22, 2021)

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Easter Sunday (August 5, 2022)

Edge of the World (June 23, 2021)

88 (February 16, 2023)

Elvis (June 24, 2022)

Emily (February 12, 2023)

Empire of Light (December 8, 2022)

End of Sentence (June 1, 2020)

Endings, Beginnings (April 16, 2020)

Endless (August 17, 2020)

Eternals (October 30, 2021)

Everything Everywhere All at Once (April 8, 2022)

The Eyes of Tammy Faye (September 21, 2021)

Ezra (June 12, 2024)

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Fall (August 11, 2022)

A Family Affair (June 27, 2024)

Family Squares (February 27, 2022)

The Farewell (July 19, 2019)

Father Stu (April 13, 2022)

Fatman (November 17, 2020)

Flora & Ulysses (February 19, 2021)

Ford v. Ferrari (November 17, 2019)

The Forgiven (July 1, 2022)

Foxhole (May 13, 2022)

Free Guy (August 13, 2021)

Free Time (March 21, 2024)

Fresh (March 16, 2022)

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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (November 28, 2022)

The Glorias (October 1, 2020)

Godzilla vs. Kong (March 31, 2021)

Good Bad Things (August 16, 2024)

The Greatest Hits (April 1, 2024)

The Green Knight (July 31, 2021)

The Gray Man (July 14, 2022)

The Greatest Beer Run Ever (September 30, 2022)

Greyhound (July 6, 2020)

Gringa (April 21, 2023)

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (April 29, 2023)

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Happiest Season (November 24, 2020)

The Harder They Fall (October 25, 2021)

A Haunting in Venice (September 14, 2023)

Here Today (May 6, 2021)

The High Note (June 3, 2020)

His Three Daughters (September 21, 2024)

Hit Man (May 25, 2024)

Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul (September 3, 2022)

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (July 2, 2024)

Hypnotic (May 13, 2023)

I

I Want You Back (February 15, 2022)

The Idea of You (May 2, 2024)

If Not Now, When? (January 7, 2021)

I’m Thinking of Ending Things (September 6, 2020)

In the Heights (May 22, 2021)

In the Land of Saints and Sinners (March 28, 2024)

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (June 21, 2023)

Infinite Sea (March 22, 2023)

The Instigators (August 1, 2024)

Into the Ashes (July 19, 2019)

The Iron Claw (December 18, 2023)

Irresistible (June 26, 2020)

I.S.S. (January 27, 2024)

J

Jingle Jangle (November 16, 2020)

Joe Bell (July 22, 2021)

A Journal for Jordan (December 30, 2021)

Joy Ride (July 6, 2023)

Jungle Cruise (July 30, 2021)

Jurassic World: Dominion (June 9, 2022)

Just Mercy (January 7, 2020)

K

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (May 15, 2024)

Knives Out (November 13, 2019)

Knox Goes Away (March 14, 2024)

Kung Fu Panda 4 (March 8, 2024)

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Lady and the Tramp (November 13, 2019)

Lady Chatterley’s Lover (December 1, 2022)

Lake Michigan Monster (August 2, 2020)

Last Night in Soho (October 30, 2021)

The Lesson (July 4, 2023)

The Lighthouse (October 17, 2019)

Linoleum (March 3, 2023)

The Lion King (July 11, 2019)

The Listener (March 29, 2024)

The Little Things (January 29, 2021)

Long Story Short (July 21, 2021)

Love Wedding Repeat (April 10, 2020)

The Lovebirds (May 21, 2020)

Luxor (December 2, 2020)

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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (December 18, 2020)

Made in Italy (August 10, 2020)

Maestro (November 24, 2023)

Mamma Mafia (April 14, 2023)

A Man Called Otto (December 28, 2022)

Mank (November 30, 2020)

The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (February 17, 2021)

Marry Me (February 11, 2022)

Marvelous and the Black Hole (April 21, 2022)

The Marvels (November 8, 2023)

The Mauritanian (February 12, 2021)

Maybe I Do (January 27, 2023)

Men in Black: International (June 13, 2019)

Midas (June 24, 2024)

The Midnight Sky (December 11, 2020)

A Million Miles Away (September 16, 2023)

Minamata (February 13, 2022)

Miss Juneteenth (June 18, 2020)

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (July 5, 2023)

The Mitchells vs. The Machines (April 29, 2021)

Molli and Max in the Future (February 5, 2024)

The Moon & Back (April 27, 2024)

Mortal Kombat (April 23, 2021)

Mulan (September 3, 2020)

My Old School (July 18, 2022)

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News of the World (December 11, 2020)

The Night Clerk (February 22, 2020)

Nine Days (August 9, 2021)

No Time to Die (October 5, 2021)

Nobody (March 23, 2021)

Nomadland (November 27, 2020)

Nope (July 20, 2022)

Nyad (November 10, 2023)

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Official Secrets (September 9, 2019)

The Old Guard (July 10, 2020)

On the Rocks (October 5, 2020)

The One and Only Ivan (August 19, 2020)

One Life (March 16, 2024)

One Night in Miami (December 24, 2020)

One True Love (April 19, 2023)

Onward (March 5, 2020)

Oppenheimer (July 23, 2023)

Ordinary Angels (February 23, 2024)

Origin (January 21, 2024)

The Outside Story (May 2, 2021)

Outlaw Johnny Black (September 30, 2023)

Outside the Wire (January 14, 2021)

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Paint (April 7, 2023)

Palmer (February 12, 2021)

The Peanut Butter Falcon (August 16, 2019)

Peter Pan and Wendy (April 28, 2023)

Pieces of a Woman (January 1, 2021)

Plus One (June 13, 2019)

The Pod Generation (August 19, 2023)

The Power of the Dog (November 28, 2021)

Press Play (June 26, 2022)

The Princess (July 2, 2022)

Project Power (August 17, 2020)

Promising Young Woman (December 14, 2020)

Proxima (November 21, 2020)

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (December 22, 2022)

Q

A Quiet Place Part II (May 31, 2021)

R

A Rainy Day in New York (October 9, 2020)

Rally Caps (August 31, 2024)

Raya and the Last Dragon (March 2, 2021)

Rebecca (October 15, 2020)

The Red Sea Diving Resort (August 5, 2019)

Relative (July 15, 2022)

Restore Point (February 10, 2024)

Riddle of Fire (March 24, 2024)

Rifkin’s Festival (February 3, 2022)

Road House (March 20, 2024)

RRR (December 25, 2022)

Run (November 21, 2020)

Run This Town (March 9, 2020)

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Samaritan (August 31, 2022)

Saturday Night Inside Out (October 5, 2023)

The Secret Art of Human Flight (July 5, 2024)

Senior Year (May 17, 2022)

7500 (June 15, 2020)

Shadow in the Cloud (December 31, 2020)

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (September 2, 2021)

Sharper (February 9, 2023)

The Short History of the Long Road (June 16, 2020)

Shortcomings (August 11, 2023)

Silk Road (February 21, 2021)

Sleeping Dogs (March 20, 2024)

Society of the Snow (December 30, 2023)

Somebody I Used to Know (February 9, 2023)

Soul (December 22, 2020)

Sound of Metal (November 26, 2020)

The Sound of Violet (April 28, 2022)

South of Heaven (October 18, 2021)

Space Cadet (July 7, 2024)

Space Oddity (April 2, 2023)

Spider-Man: Far From Home (July 1, 2019)

Spiderhead (June 15, 2022)

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (December 18, 2019)

Starfish (September 26, 2019)

Stargirl (March 28, 2020)

Stay the Night (October 7, 2022)

Strawberry Mansion (February 18, 2022)

The Suicide Squad (August 4, 2021)

Summering (August 17, 2022)

Summerland (August 2, 2020)

Superintelligence (November 25, 2020)

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (September 21, 2024)

Supernova (February 11, 2021)

Surge (September 25, 2021)

Susie Searches (July 27, 2023)

Swan Song (January 18, 2022)

Sylvie’s Love (December 22, 2020)

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The Taste of Things (February 18, 2024)

The Tax Collector (August 10, 2020)

The Tender Bar (December 20, 2021)

Tetris (March 30, 2023)

That Night (April 30, 2022)

Thelma (June 20, 2024)

Thor: Love and Thunder (July 5, 2022)

Thunder Force (April 9, 2021)

Ticket to Paradise (October 21, 2022)

Tiger Within (July 12, 2023)

Till (October 17, 2022)

The Time Capsule (June 1, 2022)

To Catch a Killer (April 24, 2023)

Toy Story 4 (June 19, 2019)

Top Gun: Maverick (May 25, 2022)

A Tourist’s Guide to Love (May 2, 2023)

The Tragedy of Macbeth (December 24, 2021)

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (September 24, 2020)

Trolls Band Together (November 15, 2023)

Trolls: World Tour (April 13, 2020)

Troop Zero (January 23, 2020)

True Story of the Kelly Gang (April 25, 2020)

The Truth (July 27, 2020)

The Tunnel (April 9, 2021)

Turning Red (March 8, 2022)

Twisters (July 17, 2024)

The Two Popes (December 25, 2019)

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The Ultimate Playlist of Noise (January 15, 2021)

Uncharted (February 15, 2022)

Upgraded (February 8, 2024)

V

The Vast of Night (June 2, 2020)

Venom: Let Their Be Carnage (September 30, 2021)

Vivarium (March 29, 2020)

Voyagers (April 11, 2021)

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Wander (December 9, 2020)

Wander Darkly (December 14, 2020)

War Game (August 8, 2024)

The Water Man (May 9, 2021)

West Side Story (December 3, 2021)

What’s Love Got to Do With It? (May 4, 2023)

When You Finish Saving the World (January 21, 2023)

Where’d You Go Bernadette (August 17, 2019)

Which Brings Me to You (January 20, 2024)

White Men Can’t Jump (May 19, 2023)

Wild Mountain Thyme (December 11, 2020)

Wild Rose (July 3, 2019)

The Wind and the Reckoning (May 11, 2023)

Wish (November 20, 2023)

Without Remorse (April 30, 2021)

Wolfs (September 20, 2024)

Wonder Woman 1984 (December 24, 2020)

Working Man (May 9, 2020)

The Woman King (September 17, 2022)

The Wrath of Becky (May 27, 2023)

X-Y-Z

Yesterday (June 29, 2019)

You People (January 27, 2023)

Zack Snyder’s Justice League (March 17, 2021)

RETROSPECTIVE FILM REVIEWS and “off the shelf” physical media articles

The American President (October 28, 2020)

The American Side (January 7, 2021)

American Sniper (June 4, 2024)

The Astrologer (April 30, 2020)

August: Osage County (February 13, 2020)

Barbie (October 18, 2023)

Barry (January 14, 2021)

The Beaver (May 12, 2020)

Birdman (May 19, 2020)

Booty Call (April 13, 2022)

Brooklyn (February 9, 2021)

Carlito’s Way (September 26, 2023)

Casablanca (November 8, 2022)

Chi-Raq (April 6, 2021)

Clara (September 19, 2019)

The Color Purple (December 24, 2023)

Colors of the Wind (April 6, 2022)

Coming Through the Rye (February 4, 2020)

Cool Hand Luke (April 17, 2023)

Creed III (May 27, 2023)

Dead Presidents (November 4, 2020)

The Departed (April 30, 2024)

Desperado (March 25, 2020)

Detroit (June 12, 2020)

Devotion (March 2, 2023)

Don’t Worry Darling (November 26, 2022)

Drinking Buddies (September 17, 2019)

Dune: Part Two (May 28, 2024)

East of Eden (August 3, 2023)

Edge of Tomorrow (July 9, 2022)

Elvis (September 13, 2022)

Enter the Dragon (August 5, 2023)

Europa Report (August 22, 2019)

The Exorcist (September 28, 2023)

The Fabelmans (February 14, 2023)

First Knight (July 29, 2020)

The Flash (August 28, 2023)

The Fugitive (December 27, 2023)

Get On Up (July 23, 2020)

The Ghost and the Darkness (August 11, 2021)

Giant (July 2, 2022)

Godzilla (March 26, 2021)

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (April 1, 2021)

Guy Friends (May 29, 2024)

The Hateful Eight (March 14, 2022)

The Holdovers (December 30, 2023)

Independence Day (June 30, 2021)

John Carter (October 17, 2019)

Killing Them Softly (July 24, 2020)

The Last Five Years (November 7, 2019)

Legends of the Fall (December 4, 2019)

Love, Lies (April 20, 2022)

Loving Pablo (August 28, 2020)

The Maltese Falcon (April 17, 2023)

Medium Cool (August 3, 2019)

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (November 12, 2023)

Moneyball (March 9, 2021)

Mr. Holland’s Opus (August 26, 2020)

My Egg Boy (March 16, 2022)

National Lampoon’s Vacation (June 27, 2023)

The Oceans Trilogy (April 30, 2024)

One Fine Day (March 31, 2021)

The One I Love (September 20, 2021)

The Photograph (April 28, 2020)

The Quick and the Dead (July 8, 2020)

The Rainmaker (April 27, 2022)

Rebel Without A Cause (April 17, 2023)

Rio Bravo (August 3, 2023)

Rocky: The Ultimate Knockout Collection (July 27, 2024)

Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago - The Ultimate Director’s Cut (November 12, 2021)

Robot & Frank (August 20, 2020)

Safety Not Guaranteed (November 19, 2019)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (November 19, 2019)

Silver Linings Playbook (February 20, 2020)

Simply Irresistible (September 8, 2019)

Singin’ in the Rain (April 30, 2022)

Slap Shot (March 16, 2021)

The Social Network (September 28, 2020)

Southside With You (February 11, 2021)

Superman: The Movie (May 9, 2023)

Superman II (May 9, 2023)

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (May 9, 2023)

Superman III (May 9, 2023)

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (May 9, 2023)

Swingers (September 15, 2021)

Three Days of the Condor (October 10, 2023)

Titanic (December 19, 2022)

The Tree of Life (January 8, 2021)

Trespass Against Us (August 14, 2020)

Trolls Band Together (February 6, 2024)

Twister (retrospective) (May 19, 2021)

Twister (disc release) (July 9, 2024)

The Untouchables (September 20, 2019)

The Villainess (April 22, 2020)

Win It All (November 26, 2019)

Wonka (February 26, 2024)

TV OBSESSIVE CONTRIBUTIONS

Superman and Lois: Season 1 review (October 21, 2021)

HORROR OBSESSIVE CONTRIBUTIONS

Freaky (November 12, 2020)

COLUMNS, NEWS STORIES, AND COLLABORATIONS

Barbenheimer Dominates Windie Award Noms from Chicago Indie Critics (January 8, 2024)

Barbie Wins Big at Hollywood Creative Alliance’s 2024 Astra Awards (January 7, 2024)

Capsule Reviews of the 58th Chicago International Film Festival (October 19, 2022)

Chicago Welcomes a New Alamo Drafthouse Cinema (January 28, 2023)

CIFF23 Kicks Off with ChiFilmFest Opening Night Block Party (October 10, 2023)

Critics Choice Association Announces their 4th Annual Super Award Nominees (March 11, 2024)

The 8th Annual Irish-American Movie Hooley (September 10, 2022)

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Finale: A Special Marvel Roundtable (April 25, 2021)

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Premieres: A Special Marvel Roundtable (March 23, 2021)

FAN EXPO Chicago Celebrates 50 Years (July 4, 2022)

Festival Preview: The 10 Best Special Presentations of the 55th Chicago International Film Festival (October 13, 2019)

56th Chicago International Film Festival: Drive-In Features (October 6, 2020)

The 57th Chicago International Film Festival Hosts its Second Year of Drive-In Screenings (October 11, 2021)

The 58th Chicago International Film Festival Runs October 12-23 (October 19, 2022)

Film Nomations for the 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards (December 14, 2023)

The Hollywood Creative Alliances Announces Their 2024 Astra Award Nominees (December 8, 2023)

The Inspirational and Impressive First Season of Superman & Lois Arrives on Disc (October 17, 2021)

The Irish American Movie Hooley Celebrates its 10th Anniversary (September 13, 2024)

New Year’s Resolutions for the Movie Industry in 2022 (January 17, 2022)

New Year’s Resolutions of the Movie Industry in 2023 (January 1, 2023)

New Year’s Resolutions for the Movie Industry in 2024 (January 5, 2024)

The Oak Park Illinois Film Festival Celebrates Community Connections (September 15, 2024)

Oak Park Illinois Film Festival Features Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (September 7, 2024)

Oppenheimer Leads All Winners at the 2023 Windie Awards of the Chicago Indie Critics (January 22, 2024)

Oppenheimer Tops All Films at the 29th Critics Choice Awards (January 17, 2024)

A Preview of the 59th Chicago International Film Festival (October 9, 2023)

Previewing the Highlights of the 57th Chicago International Film Festival (October 12, 2021)

Previewing the Spotlights of the 58th Chicago International Film Festival (October 11, 2022)

ReedPop’s C2E2 2022 (August 1, 2022)

Still Takes Top Honors at the Critics Choice Documentary Awards (November 13, 2023)

The 7th Irish American Movie Hooley Returns to Chicago This Weekend (September 22, 2021)

Trailer of the Week: Thirteen Lives (June 28, 2022)

2020 Oscar Nominees for Best Animated Short Films (February 4, 2020)

The 25YL Film Awards 2019 (December 31, 2019)

The 25YL Film Awards 2020 (December 31, 2020)

25YL’s 92nd Academy Award Predictions (February 7, 2020)

25YL’s Thoughts on the 92nd Academy Award Nominations (January 13, 2020)

What’s the Buzz: Criterion Collection Edition (November 7, 2020)

What’s the Buzz: In Reality (July 6, 2019)

What’s the Buzz: Surviving Confession (August 10, 2019)

Wizard World Chicago Returns In-Person October 15-17 (October 11, 2021)

Since January 2017, I have been a contributor and occasional show guest for the Feelin' Film podcast website, hosted by Patrick Hicks and Aaron White, an excellent movie program specializing in emotional takeaways. For three years, I presented a weekly column entitled "What We Learned This Week" where I editorialized between waxing poetically and hot-taking my way through the movie news and trends of the given week with unique life lessons. Through 2018, Seattle Film Critics Society member Aaron White and I produced a special monthly podcast series entitled "Connecting with Classics" where we engaged viewers in learning experiences circling back to discover or re-discover legendary masterpieces. Here is an extensive archive of my Feelin' Film work: