OUR TEAM

STAFF

Editor, Taylor Sinople
Assistant Editor, Zack Miller
Staff Writer, Josef Rodriguez
Art Director, Megan Fiechter
Webmaster, Craig Woollaston

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Adam Smith
Chris P.
Eden van der Moere
Jakob Johnson
Janneke Parrish
Jazmine Llanes
Jess Brooman
Jo Batsakis
Jordan Brooks
Keane Costello
Marcus Michelen
Maximilien Luc Proctor
Thomas McCallum
Tyler Ward
Williamson Balliet

JOIN THE TEAM

The weekly issues published on The Focus Pull Film Journal are driven by our staff writers and supplemented by volunteer contributors. We are currently looking for new film critics to submit reviews, retrospectives, interviews, lists, and event coverage. If you care about movies and have a bit of experience writing about them, introduce yourself and send us a few writing samples!

Contact the editor at info@thefocuspull.com

Taylor Sinople

Latest Article: Taylor Sinople Picks – The 17 Best Films of 2017
All articles from this author
Taylor is a Chicago-based writer and aspiring film historian. He is the editor here at TFP, and has contributed to a number of international publications such as Cinema Scandinavia, PopMatters, and Room 101 Magazine. He can also be found listening to podcasts, researching topics he has little use for, or running after a city bus.

Janneke Parrish

Latest Article: Film Subtitles & Voiceovers: Creating Character Through Translation
All articles from this author
Janneke Parrish lives in South Korea where she struggles to order pizzas and consoles herself by watching far too many movies.

Zack Miller

Latest Article: Review: Paddington
All articles from this author
Zack is a software developer from Halifax, Nova Scotia moonlighting as a cinephile - until the weekend, when those roles reverse. He can often be found thoughtfully stroking his beard or thoughtfully stroking his cat. Despite remaining in the sitting position almost exclusively, he occasionally makes time to be bent into other shapes during jiu jitsu practice. You can aggresively shout your opinions and objections at him via Twitter or in person (anywhere beer is served).

Williamson Balliet

Latest Article: Review: Honeymoon
All articles from this author

Jess Brooman

Latest Article: Review: Jupiter Ascending
All articles from this author
Jess is a 21 year old university student studying English Literature. Born and raised in England, she's an aspiring writer and film lover, with a strong affinity for cats.

Megan Fiechter

Latest Article: Issue #40
All articles from this author
Meg is a graphic designer living, learning, and working in Chicago. When she’s not designing and drinking cup after cup of tea in a café somewhere, she’s likely watching films, relishing any bit of fresh air, or anxiously figuring out what bus to take as to not be late.

Josef Rodriguez

Latest Article: Buzzard Review
All articles from this author
Josef Rodriguez is a writer, filmmaker, and musician living in New York City. He is often labeled as "that guy who didn't love Boyhood" and he finds himself liking Harmony Korine films more than he likes his own friends. When he's not stressing over turning in reviews on time, Josef can be seen playing guitar, watching "Spring Breakers," or trying to write the next great American movie.

Eden van der Moere

Latest Article: Review: My Old Lady
All articles from this author
Eden is a student, living in the Netherlands, dreaming of a journalist career. She writes, reads and spends a lot of her time at the local cinema - all in preparation for the previous stated career, of course. Apart from British drama series, writing novels and strawberry shortcakes, Eden loves everything about films: watching films, writing about films, discussing films at the dinner table… everything.

Tyler Ward

Latest Article: Review: Men, Women, and Children
All articles from this author
Tyler is an aspiring filmmaker and lover of all things film. When he isn't obsessing over film, Tyler can be found working, taking minimal breaks for nourishment and that oft-desired and seldom-obtained miracle known as sleep. He resides in Columbus, Ohio.

Jakob Johnson

Latest Article: Double Exposure: Gone Girl
All articles from this author
Jakob is a full-time student, full-time aspiring filmmaker, and part-time contributing member of society currently residing in the barren wasteland known as "Central Pennsylvania." On most days, you can find him hunched over a laptop—surrounded by a horde of cats—attempting to have a voice in the cinematic world.

Joanna Elena Batsakis

Latest Article: Jazz and Spiritual Havens: The Spontaneous Rhythm of “On the Road”
All articles from this author

Toots

Latest Article: Review: It Follows
All articles from this author

Maximilien Luc Proctor

Latest Article: Every Thing Will Be Fine 3D Review
All articles from this author
Maximilien Luc Proctor graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Film and Media Studies at the University of Oklahoma. In his spare time he plays guitar and sings in a band, as well as watching and making films however and whenever possible – as a one-man-production-team making avant-garde shorts or as a director of a small-scale independent feature productions. He likes what he sees in cinema and wants to celebrate the good stuff whenever possible.

Thomas McCallum

Latest Article: A Fresh Look At: The Third Man (1949)
All articles from this author
Thomas is 25 years old and lives in northern New England. A huge fan of classic cinema, he spends the majority of his free time watching the likes of Bergman, Hitchcock and the Marx brothers. When he's not chain-watching movies he's writing music, enjoying a few adult beverages or overworking himself into the ground.

Jordan Brooks

Latest Article: A Fresh Look at: Daisies “Sedmikrásky” (1966)
All articles from this author
Jordan Brooks is a contributor to several online publications, including his own blog focusing on streaming film. Being an avid lover of film, he has recently begun diving more deeply into film history; and is working towards becoming more educated in world cinema. He currently resides in sunny California with his girlfriend and their dog (although the real film buff in the family is definitely the dog).

Marcus Michelen

Latest Article: Review: The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
All articles from this author
Marcus is a graduate student of mathematics in Philadelphia. He is not related to the tire company of similar name.

Adam Smith

Latest Article: Review: Blackhat
All articles from this author
Adam resides in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and enjoys running and trying to build a better veggie burger when he's not mainlining cinema. His preferred Peter Gabriel album is Peter Gabriel (Melt), and he dreams of someday buying a Eurail pass.

Jazmine Llanes

Latest Article: CIFF 2014: The President Review
All articles from this author
Jazmine is a business student, aspiring producer, and former anglophile who only thinks in rock music references and cult film quotes. Usually situated somewhere in the state of Illinois, she only leaves her apartment for long-distance adventures, when there's absolutely no food left to eat, or when existential crises strike.

Chris P.

Latest Article: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988): A Dumb Bunny Goes Hardboiled
All articles from this author
Due to an affinity for Classic Hollywood, Chris spends most of his time looking for the “newest” old movies to watch. When he’s not scanning Netflix, or annoying his girlfriend with movie references, Chris spends his free time wishing he could be Cary Grant.

The Focus Pull Staff

Latest Article: Oscars 2015: The Winners!
All articles from this author
The Focus Pull staff includes writers from all around the world. Interested in contributing to TFP? Visit the "Our Team" page for more information.

Jason Ooi

Latest Article: Review: Black Sea
All articles from this author
Jason is a high school student living in California who struggles to balance his grades and his passion for film. Aside from TFP, he writes about film for his local newspaper and manages his own website. When he's not watching movies, he can be found sobbing uncontrollably because of homework induced stress, writing unfinished screenplays, and talking to his girlfriend about nothing in particular.

Mervyn Marshall

Latest Article: Umbrellas and Pebbles: Finding Meaning in the Art of Jacques Demy and Robert Frost
All articles from this author

Nick Michal

Latest Article: Heathers (1988): A “Wobbly” Kind of Beauty
All articles from this author

Latest Reviews

View All
 
Taylor Sinople Picks: The 16 Best Films of 2016
 
Form and Function in Alex Ross Perry’s “Queen of Earth&...
 
Digging for Fire and Unexpected: Husband and Wife Process Parenthoo...
 
Every Thing Will Be Fine 3D Review

Latest Features

View All
 
Taylor Sinople Picks – The 17 Best Films of 2017
 
Taylor Sinople Picks: The 16 Best Films of 2016
 
Taylor Sinople’s Top 10 Films of 2015: “The Duke of Bur...
 
8 Films to See at the 51st Chicago International Film Festival

Our Partners

Advertisement

© 2014 THE FOCUS PULL FILM JOURNAL
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
if ( function_exists( 'coauthors_posts_links' ) ) { coauthors_posts_links(); } else { the_author_posts_link(); }