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Year of the Month

Year of the Month

Just when I was starting to feel okay: Chris Bell, I Am the Cosmos

December 21, 2022

The Big Star songwriter died in 1978; nearly fifteen years after his death, Rykodisc gave his only solo album a proper release

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?

Year of the Month

Anne Rice at Her Most Anne Rice: The Queen of the Damned

October 31, 2022

The third book in Rice's romantic, blood-soaked Vampire Chronicles dramatically upped the stakes and scope.

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.

Year of the Month

No Way Out: the Inescapable Karma of Infernal Affairs

August 18, 2022

When the cat and mouse are one and the same.

Camera Obscura

Big Trouble

August 16, 2022

9/11 didn't help the movie's prospects, but neither did being pretty bad.

Year of the Month

Take your instinct by the reins: R.E.M., Document

July 28, 2022

R.E.M.'s classic fifth album serves as the turning point in their career from college-rock progenitors to global stars

Year of the Month

Vampires and Cowboys: Near Dark

July 14, 2022

Be careful when you talk to strangers.

Year of the Month

Peter Falk’s Great Third Act

July 12, 2022

In 1987, Falk starred in two classics.