Kurosawa the Modern Master
When people discuss Akira Kurosawa, the first movie to come up is Seven Samurai. Maybe…
A Snapshot of an Era
There’s a scene of the 1987 movie Dragnet, starring Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks, set…
Hic Incipit Pestis
It’s odd, really, that there are so few movies set during historical epidemics. Oh, you…
Past Is Prestige
One of the things both the MCU and the DCEU have done that is unusual…
Movies I’ve Walked Out Of: CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
The opening credits should have been a warning that this movie wasn’t going to be…
Dissolve On (9/10/2017-9/16/2017)
When the late, great website The Dissolve ended operations, its commenting community had The Solute…
SUNSET SONG
Terence Davies can’t make a movie that’s not ultimately about himself. Sunset Song is simultaneously…
Not Just Because I Like the Clothes
It should have come as no surprise to me that The Rocketeer and Captain America:…
CATS DON’T DANCE: An Overlooked Cartoon Masterpiece
It’s one of the oldest Hollywood stories there is: young dreamer comes to Hollywood looking…