Hello everyone! I am very excited to announce that my new online course, 15 Tips To Increase Your Writing Productivity, is now live! Do you struggle to start writing? Feel overwhelmed or give up once you start? Get easily distracted when you write? Stare blankly at the screen for long periods of time? This newContinue reading “NEW COURSE: 15 Tips To Increase Your Writing Productivity”
Author Archives: William
My Publications: August-December 2022
In June 2022 I got hired as a writer at two online outlets (MovieWeb and GameRant), and during my time there published 130 articles. Here is a list of all the articles I published from August to December 2022, as a way to usher in the new year. A link to each article is included,Continue reading “My Publications: August-December 2022”
Book Review: Where Research Begins
The 2022 book Where Research Begins is a much-needed guide on how to choose what to write about when doing academic research.
My June and July Publications
Toward the end of June, I got hired as a writer at two online outlets. The first position is writing feature articles at MovieWeb, an entertainment news and opinion website that has been around for almost 30 years. The second is writing movie and TV news articles at GameRant, a prominent video game news andContinue reading “My June and July Publications”
The Olympics, Unfortunately, Has Many Flaws
I love the Olympics. I love the cornucopia of sports. I love the way it brings the world together, in a rare opportunity to see other countries presented in a positive light on TV. I recall, for example, Pyeongchang 2018, where the North Korean figure skating pair received a standing ovation for their beautiful performance.Continue reading “The Olympics, Unfortunately, Has Many Flaws”
The Early Sound Film in Japan
The first film to include both image and sound (before which was only the silent film) is considered by historians to be The Jazz Singer (directed by Alan Crosland, 1927). This remarkable achievement, the result of years of technological research and experimentation by Warner Bros, quickly inspired others to replicate it and ushered in theContinue reading “The Early Sound Film in Japan”
“Bone Tomahawk” and Political Extremism
A few white ne’er-do-wells out in the desert of the American southwest stumble upon, and then desecrate, a small burial site. In retaliation, the nearby Native American tribe kills two of the drifters and tracks the last to a small settler’s town, where they abduct him as well as a sheriff’s deputy and a localContinue reading ““Bone Tomahawk” and Political Extremism”
John Cage’s Experimental Painting about Chess
In 1944, experimental musician John Cage produced an artwork for the “Imagery of Chess” exhibition exploring influential artist Marcel Duchamp’s interest in the game. Cage’s artwork, entitled Chess Pieces, is a painting depicting 64 light and dark squares (in the pattern of a chessboard), with a series of light and dark lines superimposed on top.Continue reading “John Cage’s Experimental Painting about Chess”
Book Review: “Horror Film Aesthetics” (2010)
Despite its name, Thomas M. Sipos’ Horror Film Aesthetics (2010) is essentially a general film style textbook that just happens to give examples from horror movies. It spends way too much time defining basic terms that any 2nd year film student will already be familiar with (that said, if you’ve never read any other bookContinue reading “Book Review: “Horror Film Aesthetics” (2010)”
The Responsibility of Teachers and Intellectuals
What responsibility do intellectuals and teachers have to their community? As I finish up my Master’s degree and search for teachings jobs at community colleges across the country, this is something that’s been on my mind. To what activities should I devote my attention as an aspiring teacher/intellectual myself in the coming decades? In theContinue reading “The Responsibility of Teachers and Intellectuals”
William Kohler 