So you thought I packed it in and quit writing reviews?  Well... Maybe.  I don't know.  I still intend to write reviews of Precious and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.  Both of them deserve the attention.  Maybe I'll get around to A Serious Man.  Maybe.

Work is progressing nicely on a fourth draft of Natural Tendencies.  I've cut this sucker to the bone and finally have it coming in at a reasonable page length.  And in the process the story is getting much cleaner and easier to follow.  Now I'm working on giving it a real emotional kick.  After last month's film festival, the feeling I took away was that emotionally my work needs to be stronger.  Movies like Up In The Air and Precious convinced me to work harder on that side of things.  Hopefully when this draft is finished, the story will carry an emotional gut punch in the ending.  It's getting there.