Mirrored Movies #2: THE GOOD DINOSAUR and THE REVENANT
There are a lot of films released every year that, despite no apparent connection, often…
Bad Films Shot By Great Cinematographers: MAN OF THE YEAR
(Please note that, due to the paucity of online screenshots for this film, there will…
Celebrating the Living: Tim Curry
My first date, though I’ll confess I’m not completely sure it really counts, was to…
Dissolve On (11/23/2015 – 01/23/2016)
When the late, great website The Dissolve ended operations, it’s commenting community had The Solute…
Scenic Route: CHASING AMY (1997)
Kevin Smith has been defined for so long by his inability to give a shit…
The Year in Review: Revisiting the Late 60s
If, as I wrote in last year’s review, that the early 60s were in vogue…
Bad Films Shot By Great Cinematographers: JERSEY GIRL
Who Shot It: Vilmos Zsigmond. In the 1970s, there was a group of cinematographers who…
Soundtracking #15: Voices of Light/THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (1928)
The occasional podcast on music and movies. Intro music: “Coffee Shop” by Elliot Goldenthal from…
Celebrating the Living: Nichelle Nichols
“There’s a black lady on television, and she ain’t no maid!” —Whoopi Goldberg, circa 1966…
A Solute Record Club Off-Shoot: The Commercials of Jonathan Glazer
Jonathan Glazer (director of Under the Skin, Birth, and Sexy Beast, plus most likely at least one of…