The Academy and Mr. Spielberg
When I initially heard about The Post, my reaction was to wonder how the Academy…
The Year in Review: Imagining the Political
Last year, I focused on films that were the coming attractions of the Trump regime.…
Dissolve On (12/17/2017-12/23/2017)
When the late, great website The Dissolve ended operations, its commenting community had The Solute…
Dissolve On (12/3/2017-12/9/2017)
When the late, great website The Dissolve ended operations, its commenting community had The Solute…
Year Of The Month: Jurassic Park
The major and most common mistake made in today’s blockbusters is handing over million dollar…
Dissolve On (10/1/2017-10/7/2017)
When the late, great website The Dissolve ended operations, its commenting community had The Solute…
Dissolve On (9/10/2017-9/16/2017)
When the late, great website The Dissolve ended operations, its commenting community had The Solute…
Taco Break: Ambiguity and the Potential for Misreading
In 1987, Oliver Stone dissected the hyper-materialism of the 1980s with Wall Street, a film where…
Taco Break: The Preponderance of the “Director’s Cut”
This week, Michael Mann’s Ali is coming out with a third “director’s cut” of the movie,…
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]…