Aaron Pinkston

Aaron Pinkston is a freelance writer and professional coordinator living in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in Cinema Studies in 2007 and is currently a member of the Online Film Critics Society. His love of film spawned from over-night horror film parties as a teenager growing up in a small town.

Essays written by Aaron:

• Scrooged – Related Review: The Man Who Invented Christmas, December 22, 2017
• Lost in Translation – Scenessential: Night Out with Charlie, December 6, 2017
• Casablanca – Related Review: Play It Again, Sam, December 1, 2017
• Casablanca – Re-thinking the 16th Academy Awards, November 30, 2017
• Casablanca – Opening Statement, November 27, 2017
• Malcolm X – First Viewing: Honoring the Man, November 16, 2017
• A Nightmare on Elm Street – A Walk Down Elm Street, November 3, 2017
• A Nightmare on Elm Street – Opening Statement, October 30, 2017
• The Phantom Carriage – Streaming Survey: Silent Horror, October 26, 2017
• The Nightmare – Making Scary Faces, October 18, 2017
• There Will Be Blood – Opening Statement, September 25, 2017
• It Happened One Night – Related Review: No Man of Her Own, September 22, 2017
• Reds – Filmography: Warren Beatty, Writer-Director, September 14, 2017
• The Host – Streaming Survey: South Korean Auteurs, August 22, 2017
• Bonnie and Clyde – Re-thinking the 40th Academy Awards, August 17, 2017
• Bonnie and Clyde – Opening Statement, August 14, 2017
• Being There – Related Review: A Shot in the Dark, August 11, 2017
• The Hurt Locker – Filmography: Kathryn Bigelow, August 3, 2017
• The Fifth Element – Related Review: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, July 21, 2017
• The Fifth Element – Opening Statement, July 17, 2017
• The Big Revelation, July 10, 2017
• Picnic at Hanging Rock – Elements of Horror, June 21, 2017
• Starship Troopers – Scenessential: Would You Like to Know More?, June 6, 2017
• Yankee Doodle Dandy – Related Review: Angels with Dirty Faces, June 2, 2017
• Yankee Doodle Dandy – Re-thinking the 15th Academy Awards, June 2, 2017
• Yankee Doodle Dandy – Opening Statement, May 30, 2017
• Being John Malkovich – Charlie & Spike, May 16, 2017
• Jeanne Dielman – Opening Statement, May 8, 2017
• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes – Related Review: The Girl Can't Help It, May 5, 2017
• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes – Scenessential: Love and Diamonds, May 2, 2017
• Do the Right Thing – Related Review: Red Hook Summer, April 28, 2017
• Close-Up – Further Streaming: From Iran, April 7, 2017
• Trainspotting – Opening Statement, March 27, 2017
• Beauty and the Beast – Opening Statement, March 20, 2017
• The Great Dictator – Related Review: To Be or Not to Be, March 17, 2017
• M – Related Review: Hangmen Also Die!, February 24, 2017
• M – Opening Statement, February 20, 2017
• Withnail & I – Comedy and the Kitchen Sink, February 14, 2017
• In the Mood for Love – Related Review: 2046, February 10, 2017
• Touch of Evil – Orson Welles, Actor, February 1, 2017
• Gangs of New York – Re-thinking the 75th Academy Awards, January 26, 2017
• The African Queen – Filmography: Late Career of Katharine Hepburn, January 18, 2017
• Tampopo – Further Streaming: Food Movies, January 13, 2017
• Tampopo – Related Review: The Kentucky Fried Movie, January 12, 2017
• La La Land – Further Streaming: Underrated 2016, January 6, 2017
• La La Land – Opening Statement, January 2, 2017
• Home Alone – Further Streaming: Alternative Christmas, December 23, 2016
• Home Alone – Related Review: The Santa Clause, December 22, 2016
• Home Alone – Opening Statement, December 19, 2016
• Dog Day Afternoon – Further Streaming: Transgender Stories, December 16, 2016
• No Country for Old Men – Further Streaming: 2007, December 9, 2016
• The Poseidon Adventure – Further Streaming: Disaster Films, December 2, 2016
• The Poseidon Adventure – Related Review: The Wave, December 1, 2016
• Metallica: Some Kind of Monster – Further Streaming: Rock Docs, November 18, 2016
• Metallica: Some Kind of Monster – Filmography: Joe Berlinger, November 17, 2016
• Election – Related Review: The War Room, November 8, 2016
• Election – Opening Statement, November 7, 2016
• Network – Further Streaming: Media Movies, November 4, 2016
• Halloween – Further Streaming: Recent Horror, October 28, 2016
• Halloween – The Evolution of Michael Myers, October 27, 2016
• Halloween – Opening Statement, October 24, 2016
• All That Heaven Allows – Further Streaming: Melodrama, October 14, 2016
• The Departed – Further Streaming: Matt & Leo, October 7, 2016
• The Departed – Re-thinking the 79th Academy Awards, October 5, 2016
• The Departed – Opening Statement, October 3, 2016
• The River – Further Streaming: Modern Bollywood, September 30, 2016
• The Magnificent Seven – Related Review: The Magnificent Seven [2016], September 23, 2016
• The Magnificent Seven – Opening Statement, September 19, 2016
• A Star Is Born – Further Streaming: Hollywood in Hollywood, September 16, 2016
• Intolerance – Further Streaming: Silent Film Through the Ages, September 9, 2016
• Intolerance – Filmography: D.W. Griffith, September 8, 2016
• Intolerance – Opening Statement, September 6, 2016
• Southland Tales – Further Streaming: Reevaluated, Rediscovered, Reconsidered, September 2, 2016
• Southland Tales – Related Review: The Box, September 1, 2016
• Local Hero – Further Streaming: Scottish Film, August 26, 2016
• Local Hero – An American Businessman in Ferness, August 22, 2016
• Thelma & Louise – Scenessential: Over the Edge, August 17, 2016
• The Evil Dead – Filmography: Bruce Campbell, August 10, 2016
• The Evil Dead – Opening Statement, August 8, 2016
• Ghost in the Shell – Related Review: The Animatrix, July 28, 2016
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Re-thinking the 39th Academy Awards, July 20, 2016
• Aliens / Terminator 2: Judgment Day – Facts & Figures, July 14, 2016
• Aliens / Terminator 2: Judgment Day – Opening Statement, July 8, 2016

The Cinessential Podcasts:

• Episode 25: Malcolm X, December 6, 2017
• Episode 24: A Nightmare on Elm Street, November 3, 2017
• Episode 23: Blade Runner, October 20, 2017
• Episode 22: There Will Be Blood, September 28, 2017
• Episode 21: Reds, September 15, 2017
• Episode 20: Fitzcarraldo, September 1, 2017
• Episode 19: Bonnie and Clyde, August 18, 2017
• Episode 18: The Hurt Locker, August 4, 2017
• Episode 17: Gone with the Wind, August 2, 2017
• Episode 16: Picnic at Hanging Rock, June 26, 2917
• Episode 15: Jeanne Dielman, May 12, 2017
• Episode 13: Trainspotting, April 6, 2017
• Episode 12: Beauty and the Beast, March 27, 2017
• Episode 11: M, February 27. 2017
• Episode 10: 2017 Oscar Preview Special, February 24, 2017
• Episode 9: In the Mood for Love, February 13, 2017
• Episode 8: Gangs of New York, January 27, 2017
• Episode 7: La La Land & The Best of 2016, January 13, 2017
• Episode 6: Home Alone, December 24, 2016
• Episode 5: No Country for Old Men, December 12, 2016
• Episode 4: The Poseidon Adventure, December 3, 2016
• Episode 3: Election, November 14, 2016
• Episode 2: Halloween, October 28, 2016
• Episode 1: The Departed, October 7, 2016