Year of the Month: Mon Oncle
Mon Oncle is far funnier than any dry French art film on the aesthetics of…
Year of the Month: Joseph Finn on The Fly
“Help me. Helllllp me.” There aren’t a lot of remade movies where both versions…
Celebrating the Living: Harvey Fierstein
The closet door was, I think, a one-way mirror. Those inside could see out; those…
Attention Must Be Paid: Dorothy Lamour
Honestly, I never remember it’s her in Donovan’s Reef, which I’ve seen more recently and…
Disney Byways: Americana
1958 was an interesting year for Disney. In addition to last week’s Native American Double…
Clytie’s Recommended Entertainment Articles (April 5-11, 2019)
Greetings, my dears! The end of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and the impending return of Game of…
Time of Your Life: FROM STRAIGHT A’S TO XXX
Lifetime likes its titles openly commercial, a series of tropes stacked on top of each…
Year of the Month: Persia on Vertigo
You can begin to talk about Vertigo a dozen different ways, and oceans of ink…
Year of the Month: Son of Griff on Murder by Contract
At the beginning of 1958’s Murder by Contract, we know only two things about Vince…
Celebrating the Living: Anjelica Huston
Purely by coincidence, I have seen three Anjelica Huston movies in the last week. They…