KWAIDAN (Year of the Month)
Japan was the best thing that ever happened to Lafcadio Hearn. The half-Irish, Greek-born, London-educated…
New on DVD and Blu-Ray
This week provides a surprising amount of potential titles for last-minute Christmas shopping. The biggie…
Mike Mills and 20th Century Women
“Life is very big. And unknown.” “Menstruation. Menstruation.” (This piece contains SPOILERS for 20th Century Women,…
Year of the Month: Joseph Finn on Viva Las Vegas
I would never claim to be an expert on Elvis Presley. I’ve liked a lot…
DOUBLE FEATURE: The Shield VS Mad Men
VAGUE SPOILERS FOR MAD MEN AND THE SHIELD Vic Mackey and Don Draper are not…
Celebrating the Living: Maggie Smith
I’m going to be very honest, here—the only debate I had with myself about today’s…
“This Is Getting Out of Hand! Now There Are Two of Them!”: Star Wars: The Last Jedi Avoids Sophomore Slump And Has Massive Box Office Bow
Star Wars: The Last Jedi was a movie whose box office performance I was most…
YEAR OF THE MONTH: BAND OF OUTSIDERS (1964)
“Isn’t it strange how people never form a whole?” – Franz “In America we have…
Dissolve On (12/10/2017-12/16/2017)
When the late, great website The Dissolve ended operations, its commenting community had The Solute…
Attention Must Be Paid: Animated Credits
We don’t much do credit sequences at all anymore, really. You tend to get credits…