Scout Tafoya, Author at The Spool
Scout Tafoya is a filmmaker, critic and video essayist from Doylestown, PA. He is the creator of the long running series The Unloved at RogerEbert.com, and is a regular contributor to The Los Angeles Review of Books, Consequence of Sound, and Nylon Magazine.
Reviews

Lawmen: Bass Reeves tackles the thin line between Black and blue in the Old West

By: Scout Tafoya

David Oyelowo paints a compelling picture of the first Black lawman in the latest leg of Taylor Sheridan’s ever-expanding Western TV empire. NOW STREAMING: Powered by JustWatch Screenwriter Josh Olsen (A History of Violence) used to tell anyone who would listen that his passion project was an account of the life of Bass Reeves, a ... Lawmen: Bass Reeves tackles the thin line between Black and blue in the Old West

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Edgar Allen Poe solves crimes in the near-Expressionist misfire The Pale Blue Eye

By: Scout Tafoya

Christian Bale and Harry Melling star in Scott Cooper’s latest portrait of nostalgic modernism, a film as enticing as it is frustratingly incomplete. NOW STREAMING: Powered by JustWatch Scott Cooper’s sense of place and his sense of dread go hand in hand. He was born in Abingdon, Virginia, a city with a population under 10,000, ... Edgar Allen Poe solves crimes in the near-Expressionist misfire The Pale Blue Eye

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