Year of the Month: DUEL (1971)
It almost goes without saying that Duel is an American movie. It comes close to…
Life Before STAR WARS: Aliens, Apes, and Animated Weirdoes
Before Star Wars proved they could be big business, sci-fi and fantasy were the province…
The Friday Article Roundup: Always a McBridesmaid, Never the McBride
The FAR is miffed that it has to wear a gown clearly designed for the…
Nearly 30 Years Later, TEMPLE OF DOOM’s Grossness Is Its Legacy by Jimi Williams
Growing up, I watched the Indiana Jones movies incessantly. Correction: I watched Raiders of the…
The King’s Deathbed: DreamWorks in 2004 (Year of the Month)
Nicole Laporte’s excellent book The Men Who Would Be King chronicles the whole sad saga of…
Year of the Month: Doug Wykstra on E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
The trouble I have reviewing E.T. the Extraterrestrial is separating the nostalgia it’s trying to…
The Academy and Mr. Spielberg
When I initially heard about The Post, my reaction was to wonder how the Academy…
The Year in Review: Imagining the Political
Last year, I focused on films that were the coming attractions of the Trump regime.…
Dissolve On (12/17/2017-12/23/2017)
When the late, great website The Dissolve ended operations, its commenting community had The Solute…
Dissolve On (12/3/2017-12/9/2017)
When the late, great website The Dissolve ended operations, its commenting community had The Solute…