Stan Culture, Anti-intellectualism and The Death of Film Criticism
A rant-adjacent essay about fandom, online defensiveness, and why talking critically about film has become weirdly exhausting.
Film, TV, and too many opinions
Found in Frames
I'm a film critic who can't switch my brain off after the credits roll. Found in Frames is where that energy goes.
Reviews, video essays, analysis, and an embarrassing amount of Letterboxd logging. Some of it is long-form on YouTube, some is short-form analysis on Instagram and TikTok — all of it is me trying to work out why something worked, didn't work, or won't leave my head.
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Selected Essays
The YouTube side of Found in Frames: longer pieces where I get to properly sit with an idea.
Wuthering Heights, Adaptations and Creative Liberties
A video about adaptation, creative licence, and how far a new version can drift before it stops feeling like the original.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 Doesn't Believe Its Own Message
A look at legacy sequels, fashion satire, and what happens when a follow-up seems to miss the point of the thing people loved.
Is Marvel Killing Cinema?
A dive into the Marvel discourse, franchise filmmaking, and the weird pressure blockbusters put on modern cinema.
The Importance of Lexi Howard
A character-focused essay on Lexi, performance, authorship, and why her play matters in Euphoria Season 2.
500 Days of Summer: Postmodern Perfection
A look at why the film's structure, narrator, expectations, and perspective make it more interesting than a simple romance.
Lil Side Quest
Plot To Go
A weekly film and TV podcast that ran for a full year — reviews, deep dives, new releases, and the kind of media chat that only makes sense once you're already thirty minutes in.
For a full year, my co-host and I made, produced, and edited Plot To Go ourselves — recording weekly episodes, cutting them together, and talking about whatever had landed that week: blockbusters, franchise fatigue, old favourites, and the occasional tangent that went completely off-script.