DAMES: When Showing and Telling Clash
When The Jazz Singer introduced sound to Hollywood in 1927, it opened up the possibility…
Order Of The Stick: Degrees Of Good And Evil
SPOILERS for Order Of The Stick. Lawful Good, Roy: A dedication not just to creating…
Celebrating the Living: Paul Williams
What the Williams family does, apparently they do well. Older brother John J. was a…
Attention Must Be Paid: Luise Rainer
Five years ago, she was the first person whose obituary I wrote for this site.…
Disney Byways: “The Wise Little Hen”
Look, I have a brand. I admit this. So when I discovered that Year of…
Clytie’s Recommended Entertainment Articles (December 27, 2019-January 2, 2020)
A belated HAPPY NEW YEAR to you, my dears! How is 2020 treating you do…
Year of the Month: Jake Gittes on WINGS
Over an assured 81 minutes, Larisa Shepitko’s Wings builds a deft, lyrical, immensely empathetic character…
The ‘Bergh and the ‘Wig Part Two: The Laundering of the Women
Earlier this year, I wrote a short piece comparing two of the best auteurs working;…
Everything I’ve Learned About Writing Criticism So Far
One: Start with the work. Don’t kick things off with your thoughts on the state…
Year of the Month: Galactus, the Silver Surfer, Stan the Man, and King Kirby
Fifteen years ago, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s Fantastic Four stories of 1966 were my…