Attention Must Be Paid: Bill Tytla
Walt was not perfect. This is such a remarkable understatement that Bill Peet is in…
Disney Byways: “Mickey’s Circus”
There are actually minutes of story meetings from the production of this cartoon, and it…
Flashback Comics Rack: Highlights of August 1989
The Friday Article Roundup: Wow!
Wow, classic noir! Fake movies within movies, wow! Book thieving, celebrity interviews, snakes on a…
Flashback Comics Rack: Highlights of July 1989
Lunch Links: NECROLOGY
Necrology (1969) dir. Standish Lawder Half experimental film, half shaggy dog joke. The general reputation…
So You Want to Reboot an Intellectual Property
Despite the near-constant claims of “Hollywood is running out of ideas,” remakes have been part…
Flashback Comics Rack: Highlights of June 1989
Film on the Internet: DEAD OF WINTER
Arthur Penn’s Dead of Winter is an old-fashioned Gothic with the plot updated to 1987…
Camera Obscura: JAMAICA INN
A coaching inn was built on Bodmin Moor in 1750, though one has stood on…