Op-eds

Op-ed: Animated Movies and the Adult Critique

"I think I've seen it before, but I don't remember any of it" wasn't a good enough response to my Atlantis: The Lost Empire reference that my best friend didn't seem to get.  Film snob...

Op-Ed: 100 Years…100 Passions – ‘The Sheik’ (#80)

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...

Fatal Excess: How Don Simpson Lived Rich And Died Quick

He was only fifty-two years old when he was dead in the bathroom of his mansion from drug-related heart failure on January 19, 1996. Tragically young, but not surprising to anyone in...

Chasing the Gold: Period Costumes Aren’t the Only Costumes Worth Awarding

The period piece is the most difficult film to get right. Time marches on and if an audience member catches a Starbucks cup left on a 1930s tenement stoop, the illusion is...

Cannes 1969: The Year Of Sudden De-Politicalization

The question of movies becoming political has existed since the invention of movies and has been subject to debate. Can escapism co-exist with realism or do movies have to lean in one...

Op-Ed: AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions – ‘An American in Paris’ (#39)

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: What to Look Out For At Cannes This Year

One year after being canceled, the movie world goes back to the Mediterranean for the 74th annual Cannes Film Festival. Spike Lee is the head of the jury and Leos Carax is...

Op-Ed: AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions – ‘Working Girl’ (#91)

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...

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