Year of the Month: Patrick Llaguno on A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino
The 1950 play A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino by the prolific Filipino writer…
The TV I watched in 2020, Part 2: Light Fun
One surprise to me this year in compiling my list was that good TV can…
My Personal Canon (2020 Edition)
Movies The Matrix Jackie Brown/Kill Bill Fight Club Zodiac Collateral Escape From New York Rocky…
The TV I watched in 2020, Part 1: Odds and Ends
Hello, friends! Back for our fourth year of overtaking this film site like kudzu, it’s…
Celebrating the Living: Mary Steenburgen
Hollywood is full of Famous Discovery Stories. The idea that Lana Turner was discovered at…
Attention Must Be Paid: Bill Melendez
This column, and Celebrating the Living, are now scheduled out some time in advance. (I’m…
Disney Byways: The Arendelle Castle Yule Log
Christmas is a time of tradition. For many people, that tradition is snuggling in front…
Year of the Month: The Bittersweet Beauty of A Charlie Brown Christmas
It’s one of the moldiest old clichés in holiday movies to describe such and such…
Four Years Later: The Cast and Crew of 20TH CENTURY WOMEN
Four years ago, 20th Century Women premiered. A lot of things happened after that, including quite a…
With Help! The Beatles Got Ambitious, With Mixed Results by James Williams
A Hard Day’s Night looms large in the legacy of the Beatles. Usually described as…