Disliking The Canon: The Third Man (Year Of The Month)
One of my pet peeves is people who make a big deal out of not…
Celebrating the Living: Scott Thompson
One of the most awkward day trips of my life was the time I went…
Hell hath no fury: THE QUEEN OF SPADES (Year of the Month)
(NOTE: “The Queen of Spades” is nearly two hundred years old, but if you don’t…
Attention Must Be Paid: Kathleen Freeman
Once again, we are exactly in this column’s wheelhouse. An actress with some three hundred…
Disney Byways: “Magician Mickey”
It’s not universally true that the only good Mickey Mouse cartoons are those where he’s…
YEAR OF THE MONTH: Jake Gittes on Stray Dog
In sweltering Tokyo heat, a green, young cop named Murakami (Toshiro Mifune) is tracking down…
Clytie’s Recommended Entertainment Articles (June 14-20, 2019)
Hello, my lovelies! How has June been treating you? Enjoying the summer, or are you…
Year of the Month: The Cultural Work of ALL THE KING’S MEN
I’m very interested in the cultural work films do, that is, how the conditions of…
Year of the Month: D.O.A.
D.O.A. has had an unusual influence on noir. Its dialogue is pedestrian, its story is…
Drunk Napoleon Listens To Bob Dylan: A Long And Wasted Year
It’s been just about a year since I took up this little project, which is…