With the disappointing election now behind us, I can forsake politics for the rest of the year and jump back…
On an episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, the best sitcom of the 1970s, Ted Baxter (Ted Knight), the…
When a film intended as an exercise in cultural criticism fails, it is almost always because the director overinvests in…
Marilyn Monroe is such a well-covered tragic figure, especially for the obvious dichotomy between her sex goddesshood and purer Norma…
“It’s the smell, Jeff. I keep getting complaints.” – Landlord of convicted serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer In the first episode…
Many years ago, I lived on the Upper East Side of Manhattan for over a decade, and during that period…
As Louis C.K. put it, with only slight exaggeration, during a recent appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast, Hollywood movies these…
Director Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis is big, bravura, badass filmmaking in the service of a great American story. And the great…
