Year of the Month: Jake Gittes on The Deer Hunter
The following includes SPOILERS for The Deer Hunter. More than any other American…
Celebrating the Living: Stanley Donen
It’s not that he directed nothing but musicals—I will go to bat for Charade any…
Dissolve On (11/19/2017-11/25/2017)
When the late, great website The Dissolve ended operations, its commenting community had The Solute…
Attention Must Be Paid: Sharon Tate
It is an unfortunate truth that people assume that beautiful women cannot be talented, Probably…
Pardon The Obvious Pun, But Lady Bird Absolutely Soars
I love it when an opening scene of a movie just perfectly encapsulates what kind…
Disney Byways: “The Reluctant Dragon”
While this was being made, the Walt Disney Studios were in the middle of a…
Film On The Disc – Futurama: Bender’s Big Score
“What’s the secret of time travel doing on Fry’s ass?” In 2007, animated scifi sitcom…
Year of the Month: Jacob Thomas Klemmer on New Hollywood, Commercialism, and The Star Wars Holiday Special
When did New Hollywood die, and who killed it? Ask ten different film theorists and…
Film on the Disc/Internet: MISTRESS AMERICA and BROADWAY DANNY ROSE
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I could write about any number of Thanksgiving-centered movies here, including the…
Beyond Chicks Aren’t Funny
I was just going to use the title “Chicks Aren’t Funny,” but it turns out…