Today I will begin by tearing apart the adjective “non-confrontational.”
Perhaps a more nuanced message would make the film’s conclusion feel less tiring.
The plot is surprisingly simple and the story is rooted in concept and character.
There’s an old saying that, in good storytelling, action precedes explanation and commitment precedes realization.
Guillermo del Toro’s movies represent an exploration of the possibilities of narrative and the imagination.
Wartime isn’t just an excuse for functional architecture.
Hellboy II is rich with interesting creatures, minions, and evil-doers.
Holden’s performances were not the only source of parody of his own fame.
We’re back and we’ve got our first real “special guest” on the podcast: Salon’s Andrew O’Hehir.
For a film about Native Americans depleting what’s left of their lives in skid row haunts, The Exiles is a groovy visual experience.
Let’s keep this terse: I talked with three other colleagues about Full Battle Rattle, and we all came to the same conclusion.
There are vast differences between the three mediums of Batman.
Episode 14 is really “Episode Tavern” and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Why does the sadness-tinged optimism of one of these films stay with me like a benediction?
William Holden had physical guts. He shows that time and time again in his performances.
Seems to me that Hunky Dory is the last time Bowie was hanging back and outside of his “generation.”
When I was very young, I received a fuzzy toy caterpillar.
“Forest of the Dead” is an episode that left me so thoroughly perplexed that I had to see it several times to even begin thinking I understood it.
Oshii, Miyazaki, and Kon.
Trumbo is a poignant, mind-stirring documentary about the defiantly prolific screenwriter Dalton Trumbo.