Author Archives: tjbrearton

This is the full trailer for a fundraising campaign to help save independently-owned movie theatres in the Adirondack North Country.  I co-directed and edited this trailer along with Aaron Woolf, the man behind “King Corn” (who is also, I kid … Continue reading →

Explosions.  Chemical fertilizer plants, bombs in the streets.  Gas lines blowing up and water spigots spouting fire.  Mass shootings at movie theaters and schools.  Media-hyped madmen and un-avenged departed children.  Man-made earthquakes.  Giant cruise ships tugging along thousands of people … Continue reading →

Dude.  More published stuff.  I am a happy writer these days. Story: Professor Jonas Comes to Visit Genre:  I dunno.  Maybe Kafkaesque?  Is that a genre? * Many thanks to Geoff Pierce for his help de-worming the dog. *

* The inner is foundation of the outer The still is master of the restless * The Sage travels all day *****yet never leaves his inner treasure Though the views are captivating and beg attention *****he remains calm and uninvolved … Continue reading →

Once you’ve read about Ernest Becker’s quest for immortality theory, you can’t un-read it.  It’s like that picture that was circulating on the internet for a while with the little girl eating a giant tarantula.  Once you’ve seen it, you … Continue reading →

Recently I’ve been hearing a lot of talk about an impending police state or martial law, about “the socialists” and what they’ve got planned, and so on.  And it made me think of something. You know those toy cards, the … Continue reading →

I am going to predict the future. First, so you understand who I am: I am a happy person with a family.  I own my own business.  I am not a Democrat or a Republican, but a registered Independent.  I … Continue reading →

In this article we’re going to try to answer three questions. Why does Nicholas Cage make so many movies? Why, lately, do most of them stink in ice? Where did his sideburns go? Nobody cranks out movies quite like Nicholas … Continue reading →