Bill Arceneaux, Author at The Spool

Bill Arceneaux has been writing about and reviewing films since 2011 (and a tad bit before), starting as a blogger, then getting bylines online, achieving print recognition, before returning to the E-World of type on screens and through windows. Living in Metro New Orleans, he develops Rotten Tomatoes approved words as an active member of SEFCA (Southeastern Film Critics Association). Reach him on twitter at @BillReviews! :)

Festivals

Tribeca 2021: “All the Streets Are Silent” is an intensely personal mixtape

By: Bill Arceneaux

Jeremy Elkin's documentary is a love letter to the skater culture of the '90s, and the punks and rebels that filled it.

Anniversaries

A Goodman is hard to bunker with: “10 Cloverfield Lane” at 5

Five years on, we look back at the film that almost made a Cloverfield universe possible.

Filmmaker of the Month

Time Waits for No Misfit: On “Down By Law”

Time, ease, and the thrill of Americana rain down on Jim Jarmusch's most intriguing early work, about a group of three escaped convicts.

Unraveling pop-culture one thread at a time

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