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Year of the Month

Year of the Month

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are (Still) Dead

December 12, 2019

Getting bumped up to center stage won’t save you.

Year of the Month

We would have come earlier, but your husband wasn’t dead then: The absurd influence of Police Squad!

November 18, 2019

Police Squad's deadpan absurdity and density of gags would go on to inspire some very funny works

Year of the Month

Now she’s gone, and I’m back on the beat: Squeeze, Singles 45s and Under

November 13, 2019

The band's first greatest-hits collection, covering the period before their initial breakup, is full of diverse, witty, mature power-pop gems

Year of the Month

A Parent’s Guide to The Secret of NIMH

November 4, 2019

The bravery of one small mouse (and her allies) in a story about motherhood and home.

Year of the Month

Not Quite Normal: The Cracked Brilliance of Young Frankenstein

October 31, 2019

It's Frank-un-STEEN. Until it’s not.

Year of the Month

I want to testify: Big Star, Radio City

October 23, 2019

Slightly more diverse and mature than debut album #1 Record, Big Star's second is also an all-timer; the two together form the blueprint for power pop since

Year of the Month

More Than they Seem: du Maurier and Jamaica Inn

September 12, 2019

Secrets, smuggling and much more.

Year of the Month

The Textures of Seven Samurai

August 20, 2019

Toshiro Mifune anchors a movie as beautiful as it is well-structured.

Year of the Month

My Masterpiece: Inglourious Basterds

July 4, 2019

Decayed nitrate film can self-ignite at temperatures over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

Girl Trouble, by Holly Goddard Jones

July 2, 2019

These short stories are thoughtful and wrenching.