Max O’Connell is a freelance writer and cinephile who spends way too much time arguing with people about movies (he is currently arguing that anyone who doesn’t love E.T. is a no-good untrustworthy scoundrel). He is a regular contributor to Indiewire and their film criticism blog Criticwire, and he has also written for Charleston’s The Post and Courier. He also has a Master’s degree in Arts Journalism from Syracuse University and a blog, The Film Temple, which he updates every now and then. Follow him on Twitter @thefilmtemple to see him blathering.