Year of the Month: Van Halen, VAN HALEN, Or: Stupid Rock Done Smart
Everyone knows about the M&Ms, but very few people know why. It’s a famous story,…
Year of the Month: Belated Comebacker on Piranha
Was any director a better fit for New World Pictures than Joe Dante? Formed in…
Year of the Month: Dylan “Balthazar Bee” Groves on Invasion of the Body Snatchers
“The SPOILERS are coming! They’re coming! They’re already here! You’re next! You’re next!” The second…
Year of the Month in Comics: December 1978
Year of the Month: The Unexpected Lightness of Dawn of the Dead
Well, it’s good to know some of us haven’t lost our sense of humor. A…
Year of the Month in Comics: November 1978
There Is No Real Magic: George Romero’s MARTIN (Year of the Month)
Victor Fleming, 1939. Ingmar Bergman, 1957. Mel Brooks, 1974. Francis Ford Coppola, also 1974. How…
Year of the Month: Autumn Sonata: Bergman’s Last Song by Jacob Thomas Klemmer
Late in the first act of Autumn Sonata, Ingrid Bergman and Liv Ullman discuss…
Disney Byways: Mary Blair
Mary Blair died in 1978, shortly after I was born, and I didn’t know who…