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This brings one of Terry Gilliam’s most beloved fantasies (and certainly his most Sarah Polley-traumatizing…
The Fictional Characters I Most Admire
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Celebrating the Living: Ian Buchanan
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Announcing Year of the Month 2023!
Great Scott! Can you believe this is our sixth year of Year of the Month?…
Attention Must Be Paid: Margaret Hamilton
I’ve liked her ever since I found out that she was very angry that the…
Disney Byways: The Sherman Brothers
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The Solute Book Club: Humor, humility and humiliation in GOOD BEHAVIOR
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The Friday Article Roundup: End of an Era, Start of the Next
The final FAR of 2022 wants to acknowledge each and every one of you who…
Review: BABYLON
Damien Chazelle’s Babylon opens with a sequence that recalls the old joke about elephant enemas…
Film’s Fragile Art
On the one hand, it is true that there was a map of California labeled…