So now there’s a giant statue of Marilyn Monroe standing by Tribune Tower, on Michigan Ave: Describing it, the Chicago…
A D & Jeremy Talk about Movies: Mel Gibson’s Hamlet, all films Kenneth Branagh, Sleuth, Joseph Mankiewicz, Thor, and superhero movies (every one)
[You want to read the earlier installments, and we want to help you: Part 1, Part 2] [Drumming our fingers…
Happy Year of the Rabbit!
Gung Hay Fat Choy! I missed Wallace Stevens week last fall because of a hectic schedule, but here’s “A Rabbit as…
Why Do You Need So Many Cinemas?
In my last post on this topic, I argued that cinema can be redefined as “the cinematic arts,” which would…
Schrödinger’s Laura
I had a stray thought recently about Otto Preminger’s classic 1944 noir Laura (1944), based on Vera Caspary’s 1943 novel…
Month of Gratitude: Thanks, Log Lady!
From Twin Peaks, Episode 10 (2003): “Letters are symbols. They are building blocks of words which form our languages. Languages help…
More on Inception: Shot Economy and 1 + 1 = 1
Some good questions came up in the comments section of my lengthy Inception critique (“Seventeen Ways of Criticizing Inception“), and…
David Lynch’s Twin Peaks Georgia Coffee Ads
Agent Cooper’s not the only one stuck in the Black Lodge. From LynchNet: These commercials were done for the Japanese…
Brevity, part 7: Slow Motion
Note: This post is partly a reply to a question someone asked me, back-channel, about slow motion, but also partly…
Notes on Twee, part 2: The Crash Test Dummies (Those Avant-Garde Harbingers of Mainstream Superheroes, School Plays, and the Willful Embrace of Nostalgia)
In my last post in this series, I embedded and linked to every single music video I know that uses…