Crimson Tide (1995) is the product of a healthy industry, while Top Gun: Maverick (2022) shows how anemic Hollywood has become.
Jane Campion speaks, and doesn’t, through her main character.
His death last week devastated the scores of Baltimoreans who worked, and socialized, with him for decades.
Planet of the Apes is the greatest franchise in Hollywood history.
Townsfolk began to talk. They talked of a vampire.
Monica and Da Boss finish up their precious living room accessory (and film).
A 1990 Bob Gulla interview with musician Kurt Cobain vs. a 2008 Richard Nixon Presidential Library interview with speechwriter William Safire, Jr.
The Fall Guy is what we have in a summer devoid of blockbusters.
Sunday afternoon’s scattered thoughts. What year is it (#491)?
The ban on non-compete clauses helps workers.
Turning the tables on a question of ethics.
It’s always party time here in hell.
Sometimes, you can get everything you want.
But don’t go too far!
Ten vexing issues for the party, 10 candidates for you.
Honoring Mental Health Awareness Month by talking about my mental illness.
An afternoon with a toddler brings back familial memories.
Thoughts on Pinball: the Man Who Saved The Game and Special When Lit.
Tucker Carlson has become unreliable and untrustworthy as he toes the party line.
The anti-capitalists started out pagans—and they’re not the only converts.
Nearly a century later, a hate-filled society is back (but never really left).
Weary travelers stopped in for the “coldest beer in town.”
Here’s how WWE should’ve booked nobody’s favorite pouty-faced and eminently punchable superstar.
The comic returns to talk with Joe Rogan.
Dad and daughter talk about War and Peace, Children of Paradise, 3 Women, Frances Ha, and more.
Live album by the legendary avant garde group.
The late author talks about short fiction, his disinterest in writing, and his distrust of computers.
A documentary about the makeup artists of Planet of the Apes.
The author talks about his novel The Ground Beneath Her Feet.
The composer's widow and Sam Peckinpah's longtime assistant remember both Fielding and the filmmaker.
This sexploitation film features a rare, early performance by Monica Gayle.
A compilation of local Baltimore City news from the 1980s.
The iconic filmmaker takes questions about his 1974 classic.