Year of the Month: BLACK MONK TIME
Studios, at the time, were not equipped to play our kind of music. – Eddie…
Scenic Route: “Let me tell you what “Like A Virgin” is about.” – Reservoir Dogs
We open on black. A man says “Let me tell you what “Like A Virgin”…
Celebrating the Living: Norman Lear
The kicker about that headline that mistakenly referred to Norman Mailer as the oldest-ever Emmy…
Attention Must Be Paid: Audrey Totter
I have this theory that women named Audrey are always beautiful. Audrey Hepburn. Audrey Tatou.…
Year of the Month: Alex Christian Lovendahl on WHO ARE YOU, POLLY MAGGOO?
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? was William Klein’s feature debut, but he wasn’t an unknown.…
Disney Byways: Growing Up Disney
The house I grew up in is about forty miles from Disneyland. An hour’s drive…
Clytie’s Recommended Entertainment Articles (November 29-December 5, 2019)
Happy December, my lovelies! Can you believe it’s December? Also, that it’s only 19 more…
Stuff My Kids Watch: Waiting for THE ADVENTURES OF SONIC THE HEDGEHOG to Be Over
“I don’t know what I hate so much about that show.” “The way he says,…
Year of the Month: Joseph Finn on PATRIOTISM
Not all film is autobiographical. But sometimes, it can be scarily precognitive. Patriotism* is Yukio…
Celebrating the Living: Lesley Ann Warren
I can’t help wondering—if Miss Scarlett had been given a musical number, would Lesley Ann…