Dissolve On (07/08/15 – 07/17/15)
When the late, great website The Dissolve ended operations, it’s commenting community had The Solute…
The Scorsese Experience – Cape Fear
“I’m better than you all! I can out-learn you. I can out-read you. I can…
“Continue down your mistaken path”: FULL METAL JACKET (1987)
What we call “inhuman” are in fact things that only humans do. (Bennett Berger) Writing…
A Soderbergh Escapade: The Unrealized Projects of Steven Soderbergh
Steven Soderbergh has, at this point, directed 27 films, one segment of an anthology film,…
Summer of Nathan: Staunch Characters (Kim Coates)
Summer of Nathan is a tribute to the work of former Dissolve (and current freelance)…
Soundtracking #11: NAKED LUNCH (1991)/SNEAKERS (1992)
A special tribute to Ornette Coleman and James Horner on the Solute’s podcast about music…
The Future of Comic-Book Superhero Movies Is The Past – Part 1: MR. FREEDOM
Hollywood has an uncanny way of capturing the Zeitgeist: in a sense, it has to…
The Avathoir/Wallflower American Vampire Conversation Installment 7
The Conversation on the Solute Avathoir and wallflower discuss “American Vampire” Installment 7: Drive …
2015: The Half-Year in Cinematography
About six months ago, I compiled a list of the best-shot films that I saw…
Dissolves — What They Are and Why We Should Love Them
With the late and lamentable exit of The Dissolve from the internet’s too-vast information superhighway,…