New on DVD and Blu-Ray
A light week with two big Criterion titles; the fifth in their run of David…
Year Of The Month: Miller on FIVE MINUTES TO LIVE
Johnny Cash has been everywhere, man. Of travel he’s had his share, man. But the…
The Great Living Plot Devices of LOST
Any narrative of any substantial length has characters who exist purely to push the plot…
Celebrating the Living: Val Kilmer
I saw Batman Forever in the theatre. Twice. That was the summer I was obsessed…
Attention Must Be Paid: Gail Patrick
She said she didn’t retire. She quit. She started at Paramount in 1932. Over the…
Disney Byways: “Aquamania”
I think the purge of shorts from YouTube has begun. This would bother me less…
The Friday Article Roundup Disrupts the Paradigm
All conventional wisdom shall be smashed! Online film discussions: paradigm disrupted! Classical music instrumentation: paradigm…
A Chronicle of CHRONICLE OF A SUMMER (Year of the Month)
In 1895 The Lumière Brothers filmed workers leaving one of their factories in the earliest…
Taco Break: Largest Friends (by Miller)
Lrrr, an enormous and dangerous alien from the distant planet Omnicron Persei 8, is confused.…
Children’s Friendships
Yesterday, I had a serious chat with my seven-year-old about the concepts of “introvert” and…