A quick trek thru the Pink Panther films

I grew up on a steady diet of old television and oldies music. Nick at Nite’s original programming, shows from the 1950s primarily, were...

Some thoughts on JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN

My time getting paid to watch movies.

Hey Vern! It's Ernest!

You better bring it.

My non-guilty pleasure: POLICE ACADEMY!

Another view of Spielberg

I watched all of SOUTH PARK and all I got was this lousy towel.

A decent proposal for kids in the arts.

A retrospective review of CONCLAVE with thoughts on the Catholic church.

An inquiry into Val Kilmer, his films, his death, and his reputation.

A short tour of my book collection

A sense of Shakespeare on Film

Another in the on-again/off-again series "Lost Classics," an examination of Susan Stroman's movie musical version of THE PRODUCERS.

A new essay from your resident contrarian.

David Lynch. Artist. David Lynch was an artist from Missoula, Montana. He wrote and directed the films Inland Empire ,  Mulholland Drive...

There are a myriad number of stories of great writers being burned by Hollywood. At the beginning of the sound age, dramatists of note...

*** out of **** On a talk show in the mid-‘70s, Orson Welles was asked who was the finest American filmmaker of that moment. His...

I must admit I’m late having an interest in the work of Alfred Hitchcock. Perhaps the most famous (along with Chaplin) of all British...