In what seems like a conscious effort after the “European Vacation” sideseason (a.k.a. Season 7, part one), story editor and lead writer David Wise brings
Raymond Chandler makes what seems like a conscious reaction to “The Little Sister” (1949) – where everyone is mean and/or manipulative – in “The Long
Asia Argento gives Schrodinger’s Performance in “The Stendhal Syndrome” (1996): She’s simultaneously excellent and totally miscast. She plays Anna and carries us through the film
“The French Connection” (1971) made its thematic point: All that work by Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman) and other cops, and — while some drugs are
Billy Wilder was influenced by Ernst Lubitsch more than any other director, so “Ninotchka” (1939) is among the most important films to watch wherein Wilder
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ ” “Vacation in Europe” (1993) episodes have a mythic “lost episodes” quality in my mind. I was gradually losing interest in
Mark Z. Danielewski’s “House of Leaves” (2000) is a weird novel, but it’s not so weird you can’t enjoy a smooth reading experience (you just
Raymond Chandler returns from a six-year break between Philip Marlowe novels with his best-so-far analysis of how people aren’t always what they seem to be.
I don’t quibble with endings as much as some viewers do; if the buildup is excellent, I’m lenient. But wow does “The House on Sorority
If you’re on a bender of newspaper movies, “The Paper” (1994) would make a good cleanser between “All the President’s Men” (1976) and “Spotlight” (2015).