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Year of the Month

Hollywood’s Guide to Female Friendship: Bridesmaids and The Help

April 11, 2023

This is such a stone-cold pack of weirdos, and I am so proud!

Attention Must Be Paid

Texas Guinan

April 8, 2023

The queen of the speakeasies whose legacy remains strong even as she's largely forgotten.

Intersectional Femivision

SUPER MARIO BROS. 1993 and the Rise of Feminism

March 30, 2023

A look at how Samantha Mathis's portrayal of Princess Daisy changed the princess narrative

Lunch Links

The Pricemaster

January 12, 2023

University of North Texas art students put on the strangest yard sale you'll ever see

The Real and Surreal Horrors of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

December 19, 2022

Small towns like Twin Peaks often present themselves as the Real America, full of real, salt-of-the-earth people. But David Lynch has always been more interested in unreal people. Of course, there’s the explicitly unearthly residents of the Black and White Lodges: the White Horse, the Arm, the Tremonds (nee Chalfont), BOB, and MIKE. And Fire […]

Year of the Month

A Funny Thing Happened. The Movie Started Working: Under Siege and the Charms of Classic Action

December 13, 2022

Do you remember those two little shrimp?

Attention Must Be Paid

June Havoc

November 5, 2022

June Havoc was more than just her mother's daughter and her sister's sister. She was a decent actress and she survived.

Year of the Month

The Birth of the Cool: Unadaptable Akira

October 11, 2022

Neo-Tokyo is about to explode...but maybe not in live action.

Year of the Month

Moby Dick (1956): Big Novel, Little Movie

September 14, 2022

Like Ahab, the filmmakers were in over their heads.

Celebrating the Living

And the Rest of the Cusacks

September 11, 2022

The other assorted members of a powerhouse acting family.

Celebrating the Living

Joan Cusack

September 4, 2022

Joan, an extremely talented actress in her own right who deserves to be more than an afterthought.

Celebrating the Living

John Cusack

August 28, 2022

A man we've fallen in love with over and over again who should be in better movies.