The blog of Logan Tyler Smith

This is the segment where I talk about movies pre-2015 that may have escaped the public consciousness in recent years. I'm Logan Tyler Smith, and this is In Case You Missed It. 2001: A Space Odyssey has many different stories of humanity and space that are told in epic scale. From a robot gone mad to the birth of tools at the hands of aliens called “Monoliths” there is very much a throughline of how vast space truly is, something all the characters learn in one form or another.  2001 is rough on some audiences; the first half and last half of the film are told exclusively without dialogue. That being said, they cram a lot into those minutes - the aliens teaching primitive man-apes to make tools is actually perfectly told without dialogue.  The film is, as it goes without saying, beautiful and a technical masterclass from Stanley Kubrick. Ambitious and managing to tell a complete story using visual symbols and powerful images, Kubrick did a lot within a grand scale, while simul...

Hello. If you’re on this blog chances are something about it interested you. Maybe it’s a movie review you thought was well-written, maybe it’s an interesting sense of categorization throughout, or maybe you’re just drawn to my colorful aesthetic . You may have been drawn to this blog in a variety of ways.  But chances are you don’t know who I am. And that’s unacceptable. (: My name is Logan Tyler Smith. I’m a filmmaker AND film critic (yes you can be both). I write, direct, and edit short films for YouTube and write movie reviews for the very blog you’re reading. I also have a podcast where I (surprise, surprise) monologue about movies. My short videos range from comedy or crime fiction to documentary nonfiction (my channel has some video essays that fall in that category).  My channel’s growth has been anemic so far (not complaining), so I’m not saying this is a full-time career (yet). However, I plan to keep pushing forward and continue to make content because this is...