Disney Byways: THE BISCUIT EATER
Gene Siskel passionately hated this movie, giving it one star. And I genuinely don’t get…
Year of the Month: The Silliness, Sadness, and Beauty of SNOOPY COME HOME
If I may repeat myself from the last time we discussed Peanuts: once upon a…
Avatar: The Last Airbender, A Child’s Morality Play
Spoilers for all of Avatar: The Last Airbender. How do you be a good person?…
Celebrating the Living: John Turturro
John Turturro is another one of those people who I sort of picture first as…
FRUITS BASKET and the Nature of Femininity: A Women’s+ Canon Article by N Blanchet
Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya is one of the highest selling manga series in both…
Attention Must Be Paid: Miriam Hopkins
One of the effects of the Production Code, intended or unintended, was its changing of…
Disney Byways: “Hawaiian Holiday”
I wonder how much of the outcry from certain people about things in older cartoons…
Celebrating the Living: Tilda Swinton
Okay, so I’m not actually sure I think Constantine is a good movie, though it’s…
Attention Must Be Paid: Matthew Garber
Matthew Garber made three movies in his life, all for Disney. That career, his second…
Disney Byways: HERBIE RIDES AGAIN
It’s very strange to have a sequel that shares only one character with the original,…