Slavery and Penny Stocks: Scarlett O’Hara and Jordan Belfort
They were both either immoral or amoral, depending on how you look at it. Neither…
FILM ON THE DISC: EXCALIBUR
The phrase I thought of while watching Excalibur was “barmy”. The movie demands that you…
SIFF Dispatches: Gay boys
This one goes out to the gay boys. I know we all love our formulas.…
DOUBLE FEATURE: FARGO VS COLLATERAL
I need to get an obvious thought out of the way first. Technically speaking, films…
FILM ON THE DISC: ROADRACERS
In 1994, Showtime ran a series of TV movies called Rebel Highway, in which established…
The Great American Road
I grew up poor. For much of my childhood—indeed, for much of my life—we just…
FILM ON THE DISC: EL MARIACHI
Alan W Pollack described “Octopus’ Garden” as “naive”, and that’s very much the word to…
Taco Break: Tainted Songs
Movies can associate themselves with songs in a lot of ways. They can introduce us…
Your Local Theatre
I sometimes think that the people who sell movies have no idea what those of…
Lunch Link: Gus Van Sant and “The Discipline of DE”
The Discipline of DE (1979) dir. Gus Van Sant You may click on the link…