Orphaned Parodies
In 1934, It Happened One Night was released. It would be nominated for five Oscars…
Film on the Internet: PRESUMED INNOCENT
Harrison Ford is the cipher at the heart of Alan J. Pakula’s Presumed Innocent, a…
Camera Obscura: DADDY-LONG-LEGS/CURLY TOP
It’s always strange when something gets adapted a lot and neither the adaptation nor the…
Year of the Month: Persia on INCEPTION
Everyone likes to talk about the visuals in Inception, and there are plenty of reasons…
New on DVD and Blu-Ray
Quite the uninspiring line-up this week, other than Blue Underground’s 4K of the cult horror…
Pictures of a Revolution: 2003
Welcome to Pictures of a Revolution, a year-by-year study of the output of Revolution Studios. This…
The Rotten Dostoevsky Gene
The thing I like most about The Sopranos is that its influences are both obvious…
Celebrating the Living: Richard Lee-Sung
It’s been a while since we’ve talked about someone without a Wikipedia page. Usually, it’s…
Attention Must Be Paid: Pola Negri
I don’t think we’ve talked about anyone with as many lost films as Pola Negri.…
Disney Byways: “Pluto’s Party”
It always kind of irritates me when people refer to their pets as their children.…