Year of the Month: Cliffy on Star Trek
Stardate: Akron, Ohio, c. 1979. A young Cliffy, a voracious reader at the tender age…
Scenic Route: the Title Sequences of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE
David Cronenberg remarked that title sequences in movies were like “vestibules,” transitional spaces between the…
Dissolve On (9/24/2017-9/30/2017)
When the late, great website The Dissolve ended operations, its commenting community had The Solute…
Age of Innocence: J. J. Abrams’ SUPER 8 (2011) and THE FORCE AWAKENS (2015)
Only one in twenty thousand has the nervy genius of Iggy [Pop] or Jonathan [Richman]…
THE AMERICANS and the Problem with Prestige Television
PULP IS DORK CODE FOR ENTERTAINING–ZODIAC MOTHERFUCKER Tomorrow night’s episode of The Americans (Joe Weisberg,…
Taco Break: Twists, MacGuffins, Cliffhangers, and Mystery Boxes
In 2014, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby was released in 3 formats: Him, Her, and Them.…
Julius’ Second Half of 2015: Bottom 10
Six months ago, almost all critics do a mid-year check-in for a best of and…
Bad Films Shot By Great Cinematographers: REGARDING HENRY
Who Shot It: Giuseppe Rotunno. Rotunno began his film career when director Luchino Visconti needed…