Year of the Month: FUNERAL
My experience with Funeral doesn’t begin in 2004. I was, after all, eleven. It begins…
SCENIC ROUTE: I’m Not There, “Seven Simple Rules For Life In Hiding”
I’m Not There is a movie about the archetypes Bob Dylan has tapped into over…
Celebrating the Living: Yvette Freeman
One of the things that ER got right, in my opinion, was the workplace environment.…
Attention Must Be Paid: Juano Hernandez
One of the worst truths about Hollywood is that there has long been no place…
Disney Byways: The Olympic Elk
On a clear day, the city I live in is in view of two mountain…
The best original songs of 1940, according to the Academy
Greetings, everyone! Last month was rough, and while I’d love to say that this month…
Year of the Month: David Heineman on FANTASIA
Deems Taylor introduces Walt Disney’s Fantasia by explaining that the film will offer “three kinds…
Year of the Month: THE LETTER (1940)
William Wyler’s The Letter is almost a film noir blanc, its traditional adultery-murder-blackmail plot turning…
HUSBANDS: A Restored Argument about Social Role Playing
At long last, Criterion has released its version of Husbands (1970), continuing its tradition of…
Year of the Month: Sunil Patel on THE GREAT DICTATOR
Modern Times was my introduction to Charlie Chaplin, and in these modern times, we may…