Celebrating the Living: Ed Asner
The internet has failed me. I’m too cheap to rent a movie from Amazon in…
MALCOLM X: Hollywood As History – A Video Essay
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SIDE EFFECTS and SCHIZOPOLIS: A Comparison
(SPOILERS for Side Effects follow. Schizopolis isn’t really a movie one can spoil.) There are no substantial…
Bad Love – Part 3: VERTIGO
It’s usually a bad idea to fall in love with a ghost. It’s an equally…
The Faces of . . . Cleopatra (Outfits Too!)
“Age cannot wither her,” William Shakespeare wrote, describing Egypt’s Queen Cleopatra VII, “nor custom stale…
Celebrating the Living: Jodie Foster
This might be considered premature. And it’s kind of embarrassing to admit how much of…
Tune in Next Week: BUCK ROGERS Chapter Three, “The Enemy’s Stronghold”
Tune in Next Week is an ongoing feature, examining serials one chapter at a time.…
Almost Kubrick: A Marathon of 2010’s Science Fiction
One of the surprising wins at this year’s Oscar ceremony was Alex Garland’s Ex Machina…
Bad Films Shot By Great Cinematographers: JACK
Who Shot It: John Toll. Toll’s career as a cinematographer (he had previously done second-unit work and…