Dissolve On (8/6/2017-8/12/2017)
When the late, great website The Dissolve ended operations, its commenting community had The Solute…
Film on the Internet: INTO THE WILD (2007) on Amazon Prime
Christopher McCandless died of starvation in the Alaskan wilderness in the summer of 1992.* Depending…
Scenic Route: SMILEY’S PEOPLE (1982)
In thrillers, exposition is a necessary challenge; even the tightest of them (Escape from New…
New Modes for Old Truths: James Ellroy’s America
Mr. Campbell, who cares? Even if this were true, who cares? This country was built…
The Faces of . . . Jean Valjean.
One of the most adapted novels in world cinema is Victor Hugo’s 1862 masterwork Les…