Selected Shorts: SNOW WHITE
Snow White is a mind-boggling film…When Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel created Un Chien Andalou…
Celebrating the Living: Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder has a lot more movie credits now that IMDb has started listing music…
Attention Must Be Paid: Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald deserves our attention regardless of whether she ever actually appeared in a movie…
Disney Byways: “Mickey’s Mechanical Man”
How old is this short? It’s so old that it falls exactly in the gap…
Year of the Month: Persia on THE EPIC OF AMERICAN CIVILIZATION
I grew up in not-quite-nowhere, the kind of small town with a little shop or…
Theme Time Radio Hour: Gambling
One of the many addictions enjoyed by Terence McDonagh, protagonist of Bad Lieutenant: Port Of…
Celebrating the Living: Angela Bassett
Imagine finding out with a month to go that you’re going to be playing one…
Attention Must Be Paid: Isaac Hayes
I’ve been watching a lot of The Rockford Files recently, so the temptation was strong…
Disney Byways: “Ye Olden Days”
There is a lot to unpack in this cartoon. One thing of note is that…
Year of the Month: Tom ‘Vomas’ Morton on MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM
Fay Wray’s scream! Fast-talking female reporters! Waxwork-related horror! I bet you’re thinking “I’d have to…