Stuff My Kids Watch: Growing Young Minds with TED-Ed and Logic
My eight-year-old son, Zane, is very into riddles these days. And it’s true that the…
Year of the Month: James Williams on NASHVILLE
By the time Robert Altman broke through with M*A*S*H in 1970, he had been directing…
Being A Fan Of Firefly In 2022, or: A Nine Year Late Response To “How To Be A Fan Of Problematic Things”
A few weeks ago, Lila Shapiro published an article in Vanity called “The Undoing Of…
Celebrating the Living: Keith David
You don’t see him first. You hear him first. While it’s possible, given my age,…
Attention Must Be Paid: Julanne Johnston
We basically don’t have the concept of the starlet today. I think we have a…
Disney Byways: “Donald’s Tire Trouble”
Genuinely more interesting in many ways than the World War II cartoons wherein a character…
Year of the Month: Miller on HARD TIMES
The bare-knuckle boxing world of Depression-era New Orleans in Hard Times, where men meet in…
Year of the Month: Sunil Patel on SHOLAY
I’m on the record as not liking Westerns, and yet I keep writing about them.…
Baby’s First Hitler
When I first read Ian Kershaw’s biography of Adolf Hitler, I was astounded by how…
Celebrating the Living: Allison Janney
Maybe I saw The Object of My Affection before I saw 10 Things I Hate…