Year of the Month: THE STREET OF CROCODILES
Bruno Schulz’s The Street of Crocodiles was originally published in Poland as Cinnamon Shops. While…
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…
Hail Margaret: Persia on The Marx Brothers’ Not-So-Secret Weapon
“There’s an art to playing straight. You must build up your man, but never top…
Year of the Month: SON OF KONG
In the spirit of this movie, we present a hasty and unworthy follow-up to Sam’s…
Year of the Month: KING KONG
By all accounts, King Kong should not be a good movie, let alone one of…
Year of the Month Désirée I. Guzzetta on DUCK SOUP
One of my earliest media memories is discovering the Marx Brothers on television. There’d been…
Selected Shorts: THE SNOWMAN
Not every studio was as adept at melding cartoon silliness with sheer terror as Disney…
Selected Shorts: Mickey Mouse in THE MAD DOCTOR
Disney shorts were, for the most part, better crafted but safer and staider than the…
Selected Shorts: POPEYE
1933 was also the year the Flesichers introduced their biggest hit with their long-running adaptation…
Selected Shorts: More BETTIES
My assessment of the Fleischers as overrated earlier might seem harsh, but sampling five of…