The best original songs of 1940, according to the Academy
Greetings, everyone! Last month was rough, and while I’d love to say that this month…
Year of the Month: David Heineman on FANTASIA
Deems Taylor introduces Walt Disney’s Fantasia by explaining that the film will offer “three kinds…
Year Of The Month – YOU OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES
Forty plus years before Who Framed Roger Rabbit, You Ought To Be In Pictures depicted cartoons…
Year of the Month: THE LETTER (1940)
William Wyler’s The Letter is almost a film noir blanc, its traditional adultery-murder-blackmail plot turning…
Year of the Month: Sunil Patel on THE GREAT DICTATOR
Modern Times was my introduction to Charlie Chaplin, and in these modern times, we may…
Year of the Month: Miller on BEDTIME FOR SNIFFLES
It’s unfortunate but true: For the young cartoon viewer, the beloved Looney Tunes did not…
Flashback Comics Rack: Highlights of December 1940
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Gaslight (1940): Year Of The Month
One of the things art can do is create language and symbols for us, and…
Flashback Comics Rack: Highlights of November 1940
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Flashback Comics Rack: Highlights of October 1940
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