Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Op-eds

Op-Ed: An Examination of Class Division in Modern Cinema

(This article contains spoilers for movies such as Parasite, The White Tiger, and Us.) Karl Marx once said that history itself is nothing more than the struggle between various classes in society. Would...

Otto Preminger: The Taboo Breaker

Austria has a really good history of actors, writers, and directors who come abroad to Hollywood. There was Erich von Stroheim, whose perfectionism roiled everyone, but his work would be validated decades...

Op-Ed: 100 Years…100 Passions – ‘Now, Voyager’ (#23)

I will be watching and reviewing all of the films included on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions list. The list contains the 100 greatest love stories in American cinema and I plan to...

Op-Ed: #52FilmsByWomen – ‘You Were Never Really Here’ is a Quietly Chaotic Look at Trauma

For the year 2021, I have set a goal to watch #52FilmsByWomen. I found 2020 to be an exceptionally incredible year for women filmmakers, amid the crazy global pandemic their films were...

Op-ed: More Famous Estates From Movie Legends

I had an earlier article about five famous homes in Hollywood, still standing as historical markers or sadly no more, and I got to thinking, there has to be some of this...

Op-ed: AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions: ‘Gigi’ (#35)

I will be watching and reviewing all of the films included on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions list. The list contains the 100 greatest love stories in American cinema and I plan to...

Op-Ed: #52FilmsByWomen – ‘Somewhere’ Seems to Go Almost Nowhere at All

For the year 2021, I have set a goal to watch #52FilmsByWomen. I found 2020 to be an exceptionally incredible year for women filmmakers, amid the crazy global pandemic their films were...

Criterion Crunch Time: ‘Unrelated’

So, we are back on Criterion Crunch Time to introduce some of you to a truly talented director whom you may not be aware of. Frankly, before last year, I wasn’t aware...

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