Going Back
A friend has offered me some movie passes she’s pretty sure she and her husband…
Thanksgiving Film on the Internet: THE ICE STORM
The United States celebrates Thanksgiving today. Usually associated with feasting and family, the holiday these…
The Jarring Anachronism
Screenwriter John Orloff claims that the historical inaccuracies in Anonymous are a tribute to how…
Taco Break: Movie Stockholm Syndrome
“I love Rushmore, it’s brilliant.” This said years ago by my friend, a movie-literate woman with…
Candy Matson Is Right There
Every Saturday evening, a group of us get together online and read mostly radio play…
Lunch Links: TABULA RASA
Tabula Rasa (2012) dir: Matthew Rankin Judging by the work of Matthew Rankin here and…
Monetizing Our Emotional Needs
Long-time readers will be familiar with my fixation on novelty cookbooks. They are genuinely one…
Taco Break: The Big Ask
All movies ask at least something of their audiences. Most stories ask the viewer to…
A Snapshot of an Era
There’s a scene of the 1987 movie Dragnet, starring Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks, set…
Being There the First Time
Disney+ has another one of those lovely ambience shows. This one is clips from the…