Year of the Month: Haley Ioppini on SUPERSTAR: THE KAREN CARPENTER STORY
Karen Carpenter was an icon. It’s hard to dispute that the silky-smooth-voiced adult contemporary singer…
SCENIC ROUTE: No Direction Home, “Play it fucking loud!”
There was a roar of disgust against me. So I shouted, “Happy New Years, losers!”…
The Friday Article Roundup: Intentional Talk
This Week, Hear From: Haynes Carpenter Ellroy Gaitskill baseball! Always great to hear from our…
Dissolve On (10/15/2017-10/21/2017)
When the late, great website The Dissolve ended operations, its commenting community had The Solute…
Scenic Route: I’M NOT THERE (2007)
The formal climax of Todd Haynes’ I’m Not There consists of a long monologue by…
Therese Belivet of CAROL: 2015’s Character of the Year
Spoilers for Carol to follow. There was no character in all the movies I…
CAROL (2015) Review
Todd Haynes is a director who proves that style can be substance. He is also…
Soundtracking #9: Horror scores
The occasional podcast on music in movies. SPOILERS abound. Timings (thanks to BNF for the suggestion here):…
SAFE (1995): Agoraclaustrophobia
Carol White sits alone in her sterile temperate igloo. The most decorative object in her…
Halloween Psych-Out – Part 2: Safe
The body turned inside-out evokes fear of our exposure, our vulnerability. The usual approach, in…