Deliverance (Year Of The Month)
CW: rape. Every time I thought I had this movie squared into a neat little…
Taco Break: Babalugats on Dead Baby Trees and the Delicate Balance of Bleakness
“I should have quit [Blood Meridian] after the dead baby tree. Once you’ve introduced a…
Celebrating the Living: Eriq La Salle
It’s a bit frustrating to me how many of the images available in an image…
Attention Must Be Paid: Joan Crawford
I don’t know if it’s exposure to Mommie Dearest at an impressionable age, but I…
Disney Byways: “Sea Scouts”
Captain William Bligh was not, as it happens, the tyrant that pop culture tends to…
Year Of The Month: Miller on THE GETAWAY AND JUNIOR BONNER
“The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else…
The Friday Article Roundup Seizes Opportunities
Sure, we could sit and wring our hands over what parts of culture get lost…
Doug’s Cinematic Firsties: David Lynch Creates A Quietly Moving Achievement With The Straight Story
Doug’s Cinematic Firsties is a recurring series wherein Douglas Laman (A.K.A. NerdInTheBasement) will review a…
Year of the Month: MINNIE AND MOSKOWITZ Is an Earthly Love Story
“Seymour Moskowitz is the new symbol of hope in America” Leave it to John Cassavetes…
Ellroycast #5: The Big Nowhere with Miller
We talk about the second novel of the first L. A. Quartet, The Big Nowhere, the…