Year of the Month: Michael Guarnieri on PANIC IN YEAR ZERO!
What would you do if everything you understood, everything you took for granted, was ripped…
Disney Byways: Archives Museum
For the Dissolve Facebook group’s secret Santa a bit over a year ago, I was…
Year of the Month: Jake Gittes on Harakiri and The Trial of Joan of Arc
Japan, 1630. A lone samurai appears at the gates of the Ii clan, in Edo.…
Clytie’s Recommended Entertainment Articles (February 15-21, 2019)
Greetings and salutations! Here’s what I have for you this week…. On the 15th, Dan…
Year of the Month: ADVISE AND CONSENT
Advise and Consent is a notable example of subtext—Gay Panic—overpowering the text. Envisioned as a…
Year of the Month 1962: The First Family
In October of 1962, an album released by the now-defunct Cadence Records, sold over a…
Year of the Month: Son of Griff on the Westerns of 1962
In 1962 many viewers thought that Westerns, and the Hollywood studios, were in decline. The…
Douglas Laman’s 18 Best Films of 2018
Every year I tell myself two things: the first is that I’ll get my Best…
Celebrating the Living: Yaphet Kotto
Man, would I love to see Yaphet Kotto on Finding Your Roots, if for no…
Attention Must Be Paid: Billie Holiday
Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was…