Celebrating the Living: Robert Downey, Jr.
My goodness but he was pretty in the eighties. Actually, I’d say the earliest movie…
Dissolve On (9/10/2017-9/16/2017)
When the late, great website The Dissolve ended operations, its commenting community had The Solute…
Attention Must Be Paid: Veronica Lake
It’s always kind of bothered me that her character in Sullivan’s Travels doesn’t get a…
Disney Byways: Read-Along Books
You will know it is time to turn the page when you hear the chimes…
Year of the Month: Patrick “Belated Comebacker” Harney on Rosemary’s Baby
Rosemary’s Baby starts out simply enough, though you can be forgiven for dreading what’s to…
Simple Simon Says: High School (Year of the Month)
“A notice you hear somewhere might change your whole life,” the teacher tells his class…
Chartbusting! 1968
I stated at the front end of my first Chartbusting entry that I’d be setting…
Your Makeup is Terrible: THE QUEEN (Year of the Month)
This is how the flyer announced the event for February 26, 1967: THE MISS ALL-AMERICAN CAMP…
GOOD TIME Goes Beyond Alienation to Represent Desperate Lives
The German playwright and theater director Bertolt Brecht pioneered the artistic strategy of alienation, or more…
Year of the Month: Tom “vomas” Morton on The Swimmer
Sitting poolside the morning after a party, nursing hangovers and enjoying the summer sun, a…