Movies by the Fives: March 1990
This new segment of The Solute looks at 5 movies that came out this month…
Scenic Route: ZODIAC (2007)
The best scene in the best movie of the 00s wasn’t shown in theaters; it…
A Tale of Two Eroticas: Fifty Shades of Grey and The Duke of Burgundy
ed’s note: Contained within are notes detailing the societal placement of two films in the…
Movies by the Fives: March 1985
This new segment of The Solute chooses 5 movies from a past year. Today, we look…
Focus Is A Con Artist Film That Loses….Well, Y’know.
There’s a lot of money stolen, exchanged and gambled in Focus, a con artist feature…
Soundtracking #4: KOYAANISQATSI (1983)
The occasional podcast on music in movies. Intro music: “Coffee Shop” by Elliot Goldenthal from…
The Scorsese Experience: The King of Comedy
Taxi Driver, much like history, repeats itself first as tragedy, then as farce. Raging Bull…
A Look At Will Smith’s Career Of Aliens, Explosions And Jaden Smith
An actors career is kind of like a story in and of itself; full of…
Oscar Hangover: How to be a good queer ally
Back in September, I wrote about The Imitation Game being a case of pink face for…
Minority Report: Tom Rothman by the numbers
Hey, remember that Sony hack that happened in November/December last year? You remember, this was…