What I watched in 2019. What I'll watch in 2020. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S 2020?!
Shelley Winters at her Versatile Best
Celebrating the irreplaceable Shelley Winters!
Review: Donald Spoto’s Marilyn Monroe, The Biography
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)
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
"Chick Lit" meets "Chick Flick" and the world is better for it.
Childbirth on Film: The Ultimate Battle for Life
When you think of suspense and action on film, do you think of childbirth? Well, maybe you should.
My Movie Start to 2019
January views, reviews, and February (best-laid) plans.
Airport ’77
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
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
It's a LIST POST.