Friday, March 29, 2024

Op-eds

The Hidden Tragedy of Tony Scott’s ‘The Hunger’

Tony Scott’s vampires in The Hunger are not bound to the typical rules of vampirism established in late 1800s fiction. There is no garlic or a crucifix in sight, they can see...

Op-ed: Phantoms of the Operas!

Interpretations of Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel are certainly plentiful, yet each adaptation adds its own musical morose to the opera underbelly. Though listed chronologically, ironically this countdown also ends up from best...

The Profound Sleight of Hand of ‘First Man’

As you're probably aware, the space community is very excited at the moment as both NASA and Space-X have confirmed plans to get people back to the moon in the next few...

Op-Ed: Getting Turned on at Home: An Argument for NC-17 Streaming

Since the MPA (Motion Picture Association, formerly MPAA, the extra A being for American, dropped in 2019 to be more international) was founded in 1968, the organization has worked to provide a...

A Fun Jane Seymour Trio

Peeping Jane Seymour's new cozy detective series Harry Wild reminded me of some of her early science fiction work and entertaining swashbucklers. Here's a sampling of fanciful romps from Dr. Quinn, Medicine...

Larger than Life Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton Pictures

Together or separate, tumultuous thespians Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton left their mark on classic film. Here's a chronological sample of costume dramas, medieval splendor, and larger than life epics featuring the...

An Ingrid Bergman Potluck

Famed for her international beauty, classic films, and then scandals as well as awards – Ingrid Bergman's talent is well known even to the movie layman, thanks to a big name picture...

The Unexpected Understanding of Tea and Sympathy

As far as its position within the queer cinematic canon, Vincent Minelli’s Tea and Sympathy, based on the play of the same name by Robert Anderson, is a hard film to pin...

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