Camera Obscura: THAT WAS THEN [PUNCTUATION] THIS IS NOW
I’d known for years that Emilio Estevez was in the movie of this, but I’d…
Camera Obscura: THE FIRST WIVES CLUB
Olivia Goldsmith died relatively young. She had a heart attack as a complication from elective…
Camera Obscura: ESCAPE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN
This feels like cheating. Surely the movie version, the original movie from 1975, is not…
Camera Obscura: THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER
The Herdmans were absolutely the worst kids in the history of the world. They lied…
Camera Obscura: MOLL FLANDERS/THE AMOROUS ADVENTURES OF MOLL FLANDERS
It is generally assumed that Moll Flanders was written by Daniel Defoe. (Or, to give…
Camera Obscura: TWINS/DEAD RINGERS
We are a little late this month, because it took me longer to get to…
Camera Obscura: THE NORTH AVENUE IRREGULARS
I am, as astute readers will be aware by now, firmly in Camp The Book…
Camera Obscura: BIG TROUBLE
If you want my opinion—and why else would you read my columns, after all—Dave Barry’s…
Camera Obscura: MAZES AND MONSTERS
Sorry, Tom Hanks. Mazes and Monsters was written by Rona Jaffe based on the media…
Camera Obscura: SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER
“After all, Gore, it is my play.” —Tennessee Williams, author “Yes, all forty-five minutes of…