Miller’s 2019 Double Features: We Live in a Society
Movies talk to each other. What did the films of 2019 have to say? This…
Making Movies Is a Form of Narcissism: Kirk Douglas, 1919-2020
Kirk Douglas was the fifth person I wrote about for Celebrating the Living, because I…
The Secret Identity Thing
My kids watch a show where there the characters are superheroes, and they have to…
Courage Is Something You Can’t Be Afraid to Have: Gene Reynolds, 1923-2020
It’s interesting, I think, how obituaries tend to focus on a single thing that people…
Flashback Comics Rack: Highlights of March 2007
Film on the Internet: BLISS (2019)
Joe Begos’s Bliss is a frenetic, strobe- and flash-filled look at the desperation surrounding artistic…
Stuff My Kids Watch: The Unpleasant Patterns of TEAM UMIZOOMI
It can feel a bit petty to hate some of these educational shows as much…
Flashback Comics Rack: Highlights of February 2007
What’s Up, Doc? The Cartoonish Mayhem of SHOOT ‘EM UP
As part of our holiday movie exchange, I was gifted Shoot ‘Em Up by Drunk Napoleon. it comes…
New on DVD and Blu-Ray
A big week for black cinema on home video (and also Waves, a white guy’s…