Death Race on the Road to Nowhere

|Wil McMillen| Two-Lane Blacktop is a curious, dense race movie in which almost no racing actually happens. Instead, the film is haunted by the passage of time, by the feeling that life has passed you by, and ultimately, by death itself. Tragically, for three of the film’s actors, those themes would become reality sooner… Continue reading

I Dreamt I Killed the Jaguar

|Finn Odum| I frequently dream about driving a car that’s lost control. In these dreams, the driver is missing, and I am left trying to navigate a vehicle from the backseat. Usually, the car is in peril. I’m flying down a hill. Another car is in the way. I’m back in Milwaukee, driving down… Continue reading