Taco Lunch Break Link: THE KILLING OF AN EGG and Accidental Nightmare Fuel
The Killing of an Egg (1977) dir. Paul Driessen I’d been contemplating a follow-up to…
Toxic and Also Just Not Good
Hot Take: The Danish Girl is a toxic movie. It makes the movie all about…
Taco Break: Scary Movies for the Timid
As the Halloween and Halloween season descended this past week, David Sims offered an article…
Pop Culture Heirlooms
Sitting on my bookcase in the corner of my bedroom is a stuffed Baby Piggy…
SCENIC ROUTE: The Simpsons, “Secrets Of A Successful Marriage”: “Good news, Lisa! I don’t need your mother anymore!” [IMAGE HEAVY]
The scene opens with a wide shot, establishing location. We can see how tall the…
Lunch Links: JUNKOPIA
Junkopia (1981) dir. Chris Marker, Frank Simeone and John Chapman Dabbling as I have in making…
Gen X Remembers
When I was in high school, I observed that my generation didn’t have an “I…
Taco Break: Oddly Simpatico
One of my favorite tropes in storytelling is when two characters who couldn’t be more…
Persistence of Memory
My nine-year-old has a really hard time processing the fact that the world does not…
Year of the Month – EARLY SPRING
Dozens of white shirts depart the homes of husbands, dissatisfied wives, to return to work,…