Caitlin Casiello on Nagisa Oshima’s SING A SONG OF SEX and the Question of Rape, Fantasy, and Politics
Content warning: This post contains discussions of rape; the film contains explicit scenes of rape…
SCENIC ROUTE: Order Of The Stick #75, “The Blame Game” or “You’re right. My Bad.”
This early strip of The Order Of The Stick is obviously amusing, but I’m also struck by…
Celebrating the Living: Bob Mackie
With Bob Mackie, it’s a bit tempting to just put up a slide show. Some…
Attention Must Be Paid: Angela Morley
It’s not terribly surprising that the first few people to transition while working in the…
Disney Byways: So What’s With All the Chimps?
It is surprisingly difficult to find a definitive list of Disney Chimp Films, not helped…
A Brief Soderbergh Escapade: “Winston”
Next January, it will have been a decade since I’ve started this project of chronicling…
Year of the Month: FOREVER CHANGES and a “Bummer in the Summer (of Love)”
In attendance at a 1968 recording session for the Doors, Joan Didion called them “missionaries…
Year of the Month: Roland Saint-Laurent on SON OF GODZILLA
Jun Fukuda’s Son of Godzilla is possibly the most-hated entry in the Showa era of…
Scenic Route: Nikita Komarov on FOR ME AND MY GAL
Do you remember when you first realized you may have found your favorite actor? For…
Please, Sir! and the Feckless Leftist Teacher Caricature
One of the big cliches of Hollywood films is the liberal teacher going into a…