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Year of the Month

The Face in the Mirror: Black Narcissus

January 14, 2025

Wherever you go, you have to live with yourself.

Attention Must Be Paid

Susan Tyrrell

January 11, 2025

A wild woman with a wild career who acted with an astonishing array of people.

Year of the Month

Proto/Neo/Noir: Out of the Past

January 9, 2025

Out of the Past features Robert Mitchum, at his all-time best, playing a proto-loser, whose downward trajectory departs from more traditional noirs, such as The Big Sleep, and previews the 70s neo-noirs, such as Chinatown.

Year of the Month

The Comfort of Loneliness

January 9, 2025

A widow buys a haunted house by the sea.

The Movie Moments of 2024

January 9, 2025

The Nickel Boys welcome you to a look back at the movies this past year.

Intrusive Thoughts

Modified To Fit Your Screen

January 8, 2025

Musing on the "fullscreen versions" of days gone by.

Streaming Shuffle

Margin Call

January 8, 2025

Sorting out dramatic motivations, limitations, and priorities on the eve of the 2008 financial crash.

Celebrating the Living

Mary Harron

January 5, 2025

The woman who made American Psycho worth watching!

Attention Must Be Paid

John Barrymore

January 4, 2025

The Drunk Barrymore, the Great Profile--an enormous talent whose light was dimmed by alcoholism and an unenviable personal life.

Year of The Month

A Holly Jolly Comedy of Errors

January 2, 2025

A little kindness never goes amiss, especially at the holidays.

Lunch Links

“New Year’s Eve” – Whenever You Go, There You Are

January 2, 2025

A humorous short for those stumbling into the new calendar.

Streaming Shuffle

Never Fear

January 1, 2025

There are so many ways this polio drama could go wrong. Luckily, it has Ida Lupino.