Julius’ Bizarre Gay Weekend at SIFF
(cover image: Top Row: Chicken People, Holding The Man; Bottom Row: Being 17, Slash) Last…
Celebrating the Living: Frank Oz
The Muppet Show and I are about the same age. It’s a few months older…
SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT: Even I Know More About Child Psychology
I had intended to start today’s article, which is necessarily going to be fairly autobiographical,…
A Look At The Short Films Of PIXAR (Part One)
Next week, PIXAR Animation Studios releases their seventeenth motion picture, Finding Dory. And with said…
Soundtracking #20: Exit Music (for Several Films)
Despite the subject matter, this is actually pretty much SPOILER-free. References to earlier podcasts on Escape…
Celebrating the Living: Debbie Reynolds
She was just nineteen when she played Kathy Selden in Singin’ in the Rain. This…
SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT: So Irony Is a Thing
“You Always Have to Slug ’em: What Are Crime Comic Books?” is the first chapter…
Scenic Route: I’M NOT THERE (2007)
The formal climax of Todd Haynes’ I’m Not There consists of a long monologue by…
Celebrating the Living: Dick Van Dyke
I have heard, though I cannot prove it, that the reason Bert’s accent is so…
Seduction of the Innocent: A Stray Bullet
The center of chapter one, “Such Trivia as Comic Books: Introducing the Subject,” is the…
