A former editor of millimeter, the magazine about the technology of making movies, I’ve written about movies for the World and Independent Film Page on About.com. the Kansas City Star and local site KCActive. I’m a guest critic on the independent, foreign and documentary review episodes of Steve Kraske's "Up to Date" on KCUR, the Kansas City NPR affiliate and a former member of the Kansas City Film Critics Circle.

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Like Crazy (2011)

November 21, 2011

Mumblecore director Drake Doremus takes on young love and a long-distance relationship in his latest film, Like Crazy. British coed Anna ( Felicity Jones) and American classmate Jacob (Anton Yelchin) fall in love their senior year. They have a whirlwind courtship. They drink whiskey. He meets her parents (Alex Kingston and Oliver Muirhead). They're soul mates. But Anna's student visa is set to expire upon graduation, and she overstays her American welcome. When she returns from a trip back to London for a wedding, customs officials at LAX won't let her out of the airport. They put her on a plane headed back to London. Read my review here.

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