Pictures of a Revolution: 2006
Welcome to Pictures of a Revolution, a year-by-year study of the output of Revolution Studios. This…
Monster And The Emotions Of Restorative Justice
“Each man’s death diminishes me.” Monster is a story about Kenzou Tenma, a brilliant Japanese…
Celebrating the Living: Lauren Faust
One of my goals as a parent is to break down the borders of “for…
Attention Must Be Paid: Sessue Hayakawa
Strange to think that one of the first sex symbols of early Hollywood was born…
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Disney Byways: Two Years of Disney+
It’s Disney+ Day! [throws confetti] I had high hopes for the service. Well before it…
The Four Traits of Walt Whitman
Before and after the pandemic struck, one of my main goals as a writer and…
Year of the Month: Tom “vomas” Morton Goes Undercover with THE MOB
Film noir! The genre of femme fatales, moral ambiguity, doomed antiheroes. Stories where one bad…
Year of the Month: Doug Wykstra on AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
The iPhone turns 15 next year, which means the first article on how smartphones are…
Degree Absolute
SPOILERS for The Prisoner, The Shield, and The Getaway (novel). Ever since I first watched the…
Celebrating the Living: Thomas F. Wilson
Imagine getting your start as a stand-up comedian who roomed with Andrew Dice Clay and…