By A FUN ANIMATED SUPERHERO ENDEAVOR Over the past decade, DC Comics has diversified its cinematic production for both the big and small screen platforms by taking its superhero roster and presenting narratives that helps expand their showcase of saving the world from evil forces. Of course, the live-action avenue
Danger on the Silver Screen: 50 Films Celebrating Cinema’s Greatest Stunts
Danger on the Silver Screen 50 Films Celebrating Cinema’s Greatest Stunts by Scott McGee TCM and Running Press 288 pages Paperback ISBN:9780762474844 April 2022 Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell’s — Larry Edmunds (signed copy) “Stunt work taps into our brains, giving us pleasure by simply watching human beings
Monday Movie: Images, by Alexander Miller
Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Images originally ran as a Criterion prediction. The plethora that is Robert Altman’s filmography bears many fruit and Images is among of his best, under-appreciated films. First off,…
Director Spotlight: Minoru Kawasaki: Costume Drama with a Side of Absurdity
Minoru Kawasaki is one of the most fun and entertaining Japanese filmmakers and his movies tend to be under-seen and underrated. He’s been in the business for a long time, starting out with small budget fan films, then graduating to working on Ultraman Tiga! He then
Scholars’ Spotlight: Edie Sedgwick
Early Years and Family Edith Minturn Sedgwick was born on April 20, 1943, in Santa Barbara, California with blue blood coursing through her veins. Her paternal family, the Sedgwick’s were American aristocrats. Thier origins in the New World dated back to the Massachusetts Bay Colony of 1936. Her maternal grandfather was Henry Wheeler de Forest, […]