Once upon a time, American letters were full of subversives, satirists, and provocateurs. They made you laugh. They made you think. They changed how you saw the world. The best of them made you uncomfortable within safe spaces and made … Continue reading Dad Strangelove: Nile Southern on Terry Southern
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about two collections you can now stream on The Criterion Channel: Terry Southern: Hollywood’s Most Subversive Screenwriter and Directed by Jia Zhangke. Continue reading After Image: June 6, 2025
The wonderful world of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Continue reading
From goths to cannibals, TCM to Netflix, there are plenty of place to catch horror this October. Continue reading
There are Hollywood icons, and then there’s James Stewart. He was the guy who told Donna Reed he’d “throw a lasso around the moon” and bring it to her. He convinced more than a few people that a 6-foot-tall rabbit … Continue reading Anthony Mann Directs James Stewart
One of the most terrible things is that in fact, whether I like it or not, I am an American. —James Baldwin That line comes from the 1968 documentary from Horace Ové, Baldwin’s Ni**er, a provocatively titled conversation featuring one … Continue reading James Baldwin On-Screen
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Judy Garland’s centenary, which is being celebrated all month long on TCM and The Criterion Channel. And speaking of The Criterion Channel, there is … Continue reading
It didn’t take long for Judy Garland to get started. Born Frances Ethel Gumm in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, on June 10, 1922, Garland strode onto the vaudeville stage with her sisters in 1924, solidifying her future as an entertainer. In … Continue reading Judy Garland
A young woman knows where she is going. She always has. Today it is to the island of Kiloran in the Scottish Hebrides. It will take a day and a night to get there—first by train, then by boat—but when … Continue reading I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING!
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