Jim Crow and Pink Face
In 2014, I wrote about the concept of Pink Face: the phenomenon of non-queer actors taking…
Bad Films Shot By Great Cinematographers: THE NUMBER 23
(Welcome to Shocktober at Bad Films Shot By Great Cinematographers, where I’ll review only the most terrifying…
65 Years Ago Today, Peanuts Debuted And Changed Both Comic Strips And The World Forever
Growing up, I absolutely loved pop culture (shocking, right?), but it was hard to discover…
The Future of Comic-Book Superhero Movies Is the Past – Part 7: STALKER
How do we know who is human? The consequences of answering this question can of…
THE MARTIAN – Solving the Problem
Survival, Matt Damon’s character will tell the audience in a scene from the new Ridley…
Hollywood’s Jim Crow
I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with…
A Woman Over the Influence: QUEEN OF EARTH
There’s a scene in Love Streams (1984), written and directed by John Cassavetes, where someone…
The Solute Record Club: Tom Waits – ORPHANS: BRAWLERS, BAWLERS AND BASTARDS
As a collection, Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards is both one of unity and of…
The Future of Comic-Book Superhero Movies Is the Past – Part 6: THE INCREDIBLES
Considering how CGI has largely turned comic-book superhero movies into cartoons, The Incredibles (2004) is…
The Solute Record Club: Tom Waits – BLOOD MONEY
*SPOILERS for the play Woyzeck* Let me say this upfront: Blood Money is my favourite…