The Friday Article Roundup Checks Cancels
It’s not just for trial memberships at the gym anymore. Celebrities, band names, documentaries on…
The best original songs of 2004, according to the Academy
In the course of this series, we haven’t spent much time talking about the Oscar-night…
The Solute Canon: Son of Griff on BRINGING OUT THE DEAD
Introducing The Solute Canon Series, an exploration of films and other cultural touchstones in Solute…
A Defense of Episodic Television
I do not have access to HBO, so of course I have not seen the…
Neil Young’s HOMEGROWN, a Lost-70s Look at the Wages of Love, Now Available
These last few weeks have been a good time for recovering lost-70s treasures. Last Friday…
Year of the Month: THE STAIRCASE
In 2001, Kathleen Peterson was found dead at the bottom of her staircase, and her…
New on DVD and Blu-Ray
A weak slate this week salvaged by two big-deal Criterions. Kon Ichikawa’s Tokyo Olympiad was…
“I Just Want to Sleep” — Persia on the Narrow, Dark world of THE MACHINIST
The Machinist never really lets up. The skeleton (if you’ll pardon the expression) of the…
I Got My Dream: Joel Schumacher, 1939-2020
It turns out that, if I’d ever actually met him, he would have apologized to…
Year of the Month: David “Rosy Fingers” McFarlane on The Stupid and Enervating Tale of STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
Let me tell you a story about this movie called Strange Bedfellows. It’s a depressing…