Having never really read comics until about two years ago, I'm pretty new to all this comic book related stuff. Prior to jumping in headfirst, I only had a vague idea of who was who …
At not quite 250 years old, America is a new country. As is the case with all new nations, this relative youth brings with it a lack of a unifying ideology for its inhabitants. If …
I am a pretty big fan of portraying myself as a PFC (pretentious film cock for those not in the know). I throw out names like Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer as if they are all that …
Having read literally ONES of books on World War II, and perused literally TENS of Wikipedia articles on the subject, I have decided to use my vast expertise to write a bit about a common …
Here it is the end of January and I haven't posted anything all month. Since I try to get at least one post a month in, I decided to go ahead and cheat (instead of …
John Ford and Howard Hawks are very tempting to lump together when talking about great American directors. And indeed, their careers roughly parallel each other in length and time period, they are without question two …
There are few things I think of as fondly as American Westerns, but the movies of Robert Altman sure come close. So when I heard Altman passed away at the age of 81 on November …
I thought I'd take a bit of time to write about some of my favorite movie mantras. I'm talking "mantras" in the loosest sense of the word, basically just any phrase that the central character …
Chaplin or Keaton...that is the question. Actually, not really, they are both great (along with Lloyd, Langdon and the rest of them). Still, I always answer with a resounding "Keaton!" and Our Hospitality is a …
Plato seems to get a bad rap when it comes to his views on art. Many first time readers are quick to protest, How could someone that so many people revere as the father of …