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2020, Baby!

January 6, 2020January 6, 2020Leave a comment

What I watched in 2019. What I'll watch in 2020. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S 2020?!

Shelley Winters at her Versatile Best

October 6, 20193 Comments

Celebrating the irreplaceable Shelley Winters!

Four identical side-by-side portraits of Marilyn Monroe smiling.

Review: Donald Spoto’s Marilyn Monroe, The Biography

September 3, 2019September 3, 2019Leave a comment

Donald Spoto's biography of Marilyn Monroe is an honest, well-researched, deeply human portrait of a criminally underestimated talent and woman.

Fake News, and the Modern Relevance of Network (1976)

August 29, 2019August 29, 2019Leave a comment

Sidney Lumet's 1976 satire, Network, anticipates the current era of pundits, hot takes, and information warfare, and what it looks like when money runs the newsrooms.

The Mid-90s Renaissance of Women’s Lit on Film

February 18, 2019June 10, 2019Leave a comment

"Chick Lit" meets "Chick Flick" and the world is better for it.

Childbirth on Film: The Ultimate Battle for Life

February 8, 2019February 17, 2019Leave a comment

When you think of suspense and action on film, do you think of childbirth? Well, maybe you should.

My Movie Start to 2019

February 4, 2019Leave a comment

January views, reviews, and February (best-laid) plans.

Airport ’77

September 5, 2018February 9, 2019Leave a comment

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a wreck! Airport '77 is one of the all-time classics in hilariously awful movies. Enjoy!

The ‘Tude Abides — High School on Film

May 15, 2018May 15, 2018Leave a comment

Frederick Wiseman’s 1968 documentary High School, representations of high school in film and television, and how the suckiness that is high school has become a mainstay in entertainment.

New Movies, Updated

April 27, 2018June 25, 2019Leave a comment

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