Alex Moore

Alex Moore is a freelance business consultant and writer living in Chicago, Illinois. He loves nothing more than to foist his movie preferences upon his long suffering wife.

Essays written by Alex:

• Scrooged – In Context: A Christmas Adaptation, December 21, 2017
• Lost in Translation – The Melancholic Beauty of the Ephemeral World, December 5, 2017
• Lost in Translation – Opening Statement, December 4, 2017
• A Nightmare on Elm Street – First Viewing: Is It Still Scary?, November 1, 2017
• The Nightmare – Related Review: Room 237, October 20, 2017
• Blade Runner – Variations on a Theme, October 11, 2017
• Daisies – The Art of Watching Weird Movies, October 4, 2017
• It Happened One Night – Birth of the Modern Romantic Comedy, September 19, 2017
• The Host – Related Review: Okja, August 25, 2017
• The Host – Opening Statement, August 21, 2017
• Bonnie and Clyde – First Viewing: Anxious Opinions, August 16, 2017
• Being There – A Reflection We Don't Recognize, August 9, 2017
• The Hurt Locker – High Risk, High Reward: The Rebellious Hero, August 2, 2017
• The Fifth Element – Ugly Aliens, July 18, 2017
• How Adaptation. Scrambled My Brain, July 12, 2017
• Picnic at Hanging Rock – Scenessential: The Disappearance, June 22, 2017
• Picnic at Hanging Rock – Opening Statement, June 19, 2017
• Mon Oncle – Tati's Critique of Modern Architecture, June 13, 2017
• Yankee Doodle Dandy – Cynicism vs. Patriotism, June 1, 2017
• Badlands – In Context: Cinematic Psychopathy, May 24, 2017
• Jeanne Dielman – The Liberation of Jeanne Dielman, May 10, 2017
• Children of Men – Related Review: District 9, April 14, 2017
• Children of Men – Opening Statement, April 10, 2017
• Close-Up – Related Review: Taxi, April 7, 2017
• Beauty and the Beast – True Magic of the Modern Fairy Tale, March 21, 2017
• M – Scenssential: Sound and Silence, February 23, 2017
• Withnail & I – Filmography: Bruce Robinson, February 15, 2017
• Withnail & I – Opening Statement, February 13. 2017
• In the Mood for Love – First Viewing: 21st Century's Best, February 7, 2017
• Gangs of New York – Related Review: Silence, January 27, 2017
• Gangs of New York – In Context: The Five Points, January 25, 2017
• The African Queen – In Context: World War I in Africa, January 17, 2017
• Tampopo – A Cultural Guide to Tampopo, January 10, 2017
• Tampopo – Opening Statement, January 9, 2017
• No Country for Old Men – Re-thinking the 80th Academy Awards, December 7, 2016
• The Poseidon Adventure – The Aesthetic Dangers Facing Cinema, November 29, 2016
• Metallica: Some Kind of Monster – Face the Fear, November 15, 2016
• Network – Related Review: Christine, November 4, 2016
• Network – Opening Statement, October 31, 2016
• Halloween – First Viewing, October 25, 2016
• All That Heaven Allows – Scenssential: Love in Darkness and Light, October 12, 2016
• The River – Adolescence and Deeper Truths, September 27, 2016
• The Magnificent Seven – First Viewing, September 21, 2016
• A Star Is Born – Related Review: Easter Parade, September 15, 2016
• Intolerance – History Repeating Itself, September 7, 2016
• Local Hero – A Remedy for Loneliness, August 23, 2016
• Local Hero – Opening Statement, August 22, 2016
• Harlan County U.S.A. – History of the Heart: The Music of Harlan County, August 3, 2016
• Ghost in the Shell – Body Anxiety: Japan's Philosophy of Body and Soul, July 25, 2016

The Cinessential Podcasts

• Episode 18: The Hurt Locker, August 4, 2017
• Episode 16: Picnic at Hanging Rock, June 26, 2917
• Episode 14: Children of Men, April 17, 2017
• Episode 9: In the Mood for Love, February 13, 2017
• Episode 8: Gangs of New York, January 27, 2017