Year of the Month: Sunil Patel on CAT BALLOU
I don’t like Westerns…except for all the Westerns I like. No matter how many Westerns…
Year of the Month: Mr. Apollo on HELLZAPOPPIN’!
It all begins at the Universal Theatre, probably a reference to the Universal Pictures logo…
Year Of The Month: Ghostbusters of Fire by Miller
Cities existing on the edge of reality and unreality, grunge and gloss side by side.…
Year of the Month: Adam Capitanio (Ad-Rock) on METROPOLITAN, or The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Midway through Whit Stillman’s Metropolitan, Charlie, the wannabe philosopher of the SFRP (“Sally Fowler Rat…
When THE SIMPSONS Was Sincere: Bart Gets an “F”
The Simpsons is known for embodying, maybe even inventing, a certain kind of arch nineties…
Miller on the Weirdos of HOME MOVIES
The first episode of Home Movies I ever saw was its last. I was sitting…
Year of the Month: David “Rosy Fingers” McFarlane on The Stupid and Enervating Tale of STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
Let me tell you a story about this movie called Strange Bedfellows. It’s a depressing…
Year of the Month: Miller on THE LADYKILLERS
Note: This was originally written for a Lovefest in the comments of The Dissolve. “There’s…
Year of the Month: Sunil Patel on THE GREAT DICTATOR
Modern Times was my introduction to Charlie Chaplin, and in these modern times, we may…
Lunch Links: MARCY LEARNS SOMETHING NEW
Warning: Mildly NSFW (but are you really in the office right now anyways?) Marcy Learns…