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Magpie Memories

Year of the Month

After All, Miss, This Is France: Beauty and the Beast (1946)

December 20, 2021

A tale beyond time.

Year of the Month

After the War: The Best Years of Our Lives

December 13, 2021

Returning isn’t always easy.

Camera Obscura

Circle of Friends

November 16, 2021

How can a movie starring Minnie Driver, Colin Firth, Saffron Burrows, and Alan Cumming have become obscure?

Attention Must Be Paid

Sessue Hayakawa

November 13, 2021

One of Hollywood's first sex symbols had a career deeply damaged by the same racism that kind of made him a star.

[A] Billion[s] For Boris

October 19, 2021

A sequel to Freaky Friday made into a fairly obscure movie? Exactly in the column's wheelhouse.

Year of the Month

The Same Thing We Do Every Night: Bedtime for Frances

October 15, 2021

Bedtime is at 7:00 pm. When Frances goes to sleep is another question entirely.

“Just do the work, pal. You’ll be all right”: Ted Lasso season two

October 14, 2021

While still mostly pleasurable, the loss of Bill Lawrence behind the scenes is reflected in season two's less careful and detailed plotting

In Memoriam

I Got Sick of It and I Just Stopped: Tommy Kirk, 1941-2021

September 30, 2021

Tommy Kirk was misused by the film industry, and that he lived as long as he did is worth noting.

Celebrating the Living

LeVar Burton

September 26, 2021

Gen X has been learning from him for decades, and some of the lessons have been painful.

Camera Obscura

The Snake Pit

September 21, 2021

Olivia De Havilland's version is much more Freudian than the original book and less powerful.