Attention Must Be Paid: Marlene Dietrich
Even Google Image Search knows what you’re looking for, when it comes to Marlene Dietrich.…
Film on the Internet: WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION
Billy Wilder’s 1957 courtroom drama defines–and thrives in–a space somewhere between Some Like It Hot…
Year of the Month: THE SCARLET EMPRESS
If The Black Cat and Dames show Hollywood entering the Code Era so suddenly you…
Guest Article: 18 Songs about Actors by David “Rosy Fingers” McFarlane
I love when songwriters reference pop culture. For some reason, songwriters tend to be more…
Year of the Month: Jake Gittes on Touch of Evil
“It’s a free country.” “Shut up.” The opening tracking shot may be its most…
Year of the Month: Joseph Finn on Shanghai Express
How much are we willing to forgive and forget in older movies, ones where they…
Year of the Month: Persia on Kismet
Well, Kismet sure is pretty. An Orientalist fantasy that never quite commits to its Orientalism,…