PORTFOLIO - DEREK GODIN
BLOG POSTS
Mononoke Steamroller, or Prognosticating the 1997 Movie Bowl
(2022.07.27)
Kaye, Tony (musician)
(2021.01.11)
Baccarat Baseball: A Solitaire Baseball Sim
(2021.01.03)
CASPSULES
'The Iron Claw' review by Derek Godin • Letterboxd
(2024.03.10)
Ten Things, 2023-09 (Short Good Secret Edition)
(2023.03.07)
Pick Six: A City Pop Primer
(2019.05.21)
Dark Star, John Carpenter's Weed-Dad Opus, Turns 45
(2019.03.30)
Lewis, Jerry
(2018.07.15)
Happy belated birthday, Graham Gouldman
(2018.06.15)
Short Cuts: Derek’s 2017 Catch-Up Capsule Bonanza
(2017.12.09)
Short Cuts: Derek Does February
(2017.03.07)
'The Duke of Burgundy' review by Derek Godin • Letterboxd
(2015.11.21)
The Field Guide to Netflix Canada: 2000
(2015.11.02)
ESSAYS
A Cat Lost and a Cat Found
(2022.07.08)
In Praise of Giant Ox
(2021.09.15)
Short, Good, Secret. (Towards a Method of Movie Recommendation)
(2021.03.29)
Jaylen Hotdogfingers Rides Again: Brief Notes on Blaseball
(2020.09.15)
The World's Okayest Hero
(2017.11.30)
The Method and the Madness: The Politics and Aesthetics of the List
(2016.02.16)
FILM CRITICISM
Heroic Bloodshed American Style: Notes on Face/Off at 25
(2022.07.28)
Who Needs a Light Touch When Smothering Will Do: The Weaponized Stereotypes of Basic Instinct
(2019.05.16)
Fantasia 2018: Mandy
(2018.08.01)
Fantasia 2018: Relaxer
(2018.07.15)
The Princess’ New Clothes: Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’
(2016.09.21)
What Has Been Seen Cannot Be Unseen: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s ‘Pulse’
(2016.08.14)
A Cinema of Relics: ‘The Phantom’ at 20
(2016.06.08)
The Mind's Eye
(2016.05.31)
Pinholes in the Curtain of Night: “Highlander” @ 30
(2016.03.15)
Mad Max: Fury Road
(2015.05.17)
Roar
(2015.05.14)
‘Ace Attorney’ is king among game-to-movie adaptations
(2015.01.27)
POETRY
"On an Island"
(2021.05.04)
"Dream #9 (The Book on a Chain)"
(2020.12.29; later appears in my chapbook
My House but Not My House
)
"Oxblood"
(2020.05.27)
THESES
Buzz Bombs: The Room, Snakes on a Plane, and Cult Audiences in the Internet Era
(2013.07.01)
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