Attention Must Be Paid: Alida Valli
It may be strange to think of a time when an Italian noblewoman—she was descended…
Disney Byways: “The Grasshopper and the Ants”
Grasshoppers hold two basic places in Western culture. One is as the enormous force of…
Year of the Month: Cocteau Twins, TREASURE
A reviewer once wrote that Elisabeth Fraser sang “with the voice of God,” and I’m…
The Friday Article Roundup Revs Its Engine
Entertainment for your car with the FAR! Catch a movie, crank pop tunes on the…
Year of the Month: Jake Gittes on STOP MAKING SENSE
It begins with a close-up of the stage floor, a streak of light cutting vertically…
Taco Break: What We Talk About When We Talk About Fear (by Babalugats)
There are two types of genres. That is, there are two different ways of defining…
Gleaning Information
Warden: Tell me exactly what you saw. Captain: Well, sir, it looked like a flying…
Year of the Month: Miller on GONE FISHIN’
It’s 1984, the year of clocks striking 13 and loving Big Brother, the year of…
Film on the Internet: THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU
Funny and melancholy and tender and wonderstruck, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou works wonderfully…
New on DVD and Blu-Ray
Whoops, sorry about the lateness of this, folks. I’d pretend this was some kind of…