Who Is the Oscar Telecast For?
In recent years, I’ve lamented my lack of a suitable space with cable to hold…
Deserving
Let me start by coming clean—I have as of this moment seen five features and…
Film on the Disc: HALLOWEEN (2018)
The problem is that sometimes good movies are worse than bad movies. David Gordon Green’s…
Mrs. Norman Maine
Artist/filmmaker/choreographer Jo Andres died this month. I don’t know much about her work, but she…
Taco Break: Movie Posters
Are movie posters becoming a lost art? There are so many ways to bombard prospective…
Brothers And Sisters Are Natural Enemies: The Road To El Dorado (Year Of The Month)
I am as distressed as anyone else that we didn’t get the whole franchise of…
Innocent Until Proven Guilty
“Innocent until proven guilty” is the standard for criminal justice proceedings according to the UN’s…
The Most Offended I’ve Ever Been By A Movie
I’m not the type to get outraged by media often – I generally understand intellectually…
The Moments of 2018
It’s “Best of” season everywhere and The Solute is no exception. Nerd has kicked off…
The Heady Madness of New Public Domain Works
As an author, copyright does matter to me. Not that I make any money from…