Celebrating the Living: LeVar Burton
It was the summer of 1983. We children were expected to do yard work, if…
Attention Must Be Paid: Ann Doran
Both Wikipedia and IMDb claim that Ann Doran was in over 500 movies, though IMDb…
Disney Byways: Roy’s Legacy
Roy Oliver Disney doesn’t come up much. You can tell, because this may well be…
The Friday Article Roundup: Badasses!
This Week You Will Learn: Which were the only two cities to show the movie…
Year of the Month: Deconstructing 1971 – TWO-LANE BLACKTOP/THE LAST MOVIE
The cultural shorthand for early-70s American filmmaking is that directors had a significant degree of…
Men (Derogatory): THE BABYSITTER (1995)
Do you all remember the hashtag #YesAllWomen, the hashtag women used to share their stories…
Lunch Links: REJECTED – with commentary
Rejected – with text commentary (2000, commentary added cir. 2011) dir. Don Hertzfeldt Today seemed…
Her Version
My four-year-old is, as I write this, watching Mystery Science Theater 3000. This, in and…
Year of the Month: THE BLOOD ON SATAN’S CLAW
1971’s is The Blood on Satan’s Claw is like the raw opal in Uncut Gems.…
Camera Obscura: THE SNAKE PIT
There must be a great deal of comfort to a Freudian world view. The idea…