Year of the Month: RED DESERT
1964 doesn’t just feel far removed in time, but artistically removed as well. Bob Dylan…
General Sherman and Miss Scarlett: The Historical Accuracy of the Civil War Section of GONE WITH THE WIND
Note: This is a term paper I wrote for the winter quarter of the 1999-2000…
Blind Reads: Peace by Gene Wolfe
Blind Reads: In which wallflower and Avathoir read each other’s favorite books without knowing a…
Dissolve On (11/12/2017-11/18/2017)
When the late, great website The Dissolve ended operations, its commenting community had The Solute…
A Soderbergh Escapade: MOSAIC (the app version)
Since I last checked up on Steven Soderbergh, his wonderful unretirement vehicle (heh) Logan Lucky was…
Year of the Month: John Prine, BRUISED ORANGE
The irony that one of his finest records would be released in 1978, during the…
Dissolve On (11/5/2017-11/11/2017)
When the late, great website The Dissolve ended operations, its commenting community had The Solute…
Year of the Month: Dixon Cashwell on Halloween
To call John Carpenter’s Halloween “rarified” is a laughable understatement. Near forty years after its…
Dissolve On (10/22/2017-10/28/2017)
When the late, great website The Dissolve ended operations, its commenting community had The Solute…
Film in the Theaters: SUBURBICON
In Seattle, many movies will get a public advance screening for the benefit of the…