Contemporary writers are fond of exposing their characters' brains–to examine fundamental mysteries about life: consciousness, memory, emotion, empathy. In other words, what does it feel like to be ...
How does a character with less screen time than a sitcom cold open become the most unforgettable part of a Best Picture winner? That’s the question The Silence of the Lambs (1991) forces us to ask ...
J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...