But we demand the Flame: the Book of J (the Solute Book Club)
Header image by Dikla Laor, used by permission.¹ Title from Emily Dickinson, used because I could.…
Year of the Month: Son of Griff on THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE
Fritz Lang’s German films are often called “art films” by American critics and exhibitors, largely…
Miller’s 2021 Double Features: Linked with our Machines, Our Eyes are Beaming
Movies talk to each other. What did the films of 2021 have to say? This…
The Friday Article Roundup: Love in All the Right Places
Places Where You Will Learn Things This Week: Eric Roberts’s living room A Shonda Rimes…
THE SKY IS EVERYWHERE
I was first introduced to Josephine Decker when in 2018, I went to the local…
Being A Fan Of Firefly In 2022, or: A Nine Year Late Response To “How To Be A Fan Of Problematic Things”
A few weeks ago, Lila Shapiro published an article in Vanity called “The Undoing Of…
Year of the Month: OH THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK!
Someone once told me the very beginning is a very good place to start, and…
The Solute Year in Review: 2021
Yeah. . .maybe so, and if that’s the way it happens. . .well, at least…
Metal Gear Solid 4: That Joke On The Simpsons About The Movie Death Wish But For Serious
For those who came in late: I have been characterising the Metal Gear Solid series…
Year of the Month: Doug Wykstra on THE BIG SLEEP and LADY IN THE LAKE
“People don’t talk to me like that!” In both 1946 Raymond Chandler adaptations, a woman…