Then Playing — Experiment Perilous; Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid; 9 to 5
Reviews of films directed by Jacques Tourneur, Carl Reiner, and Colin Higgins. Continue reading Then Playing — Experiment Perilous; Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid; 9 to 5
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Then Playing — Mr. Soul; East Side, West Side; Where’s Poppa?
Mr. Soul! (Melissa Haizlip, 2018). Like Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s more recent Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), this documentary aims to correct the aggressive erasure of triumphant Black culture. Created by Ellis Haizlip, Soul! was … Continue reading Then Playing — Mr. Soul; East Side, West Side; Where’s Poppa?
From the Archive — The Man with Two Brains
Continuing with mini-series launched last week that excavates the reviews from the bygone “Movies That Shoulda Been Summer Blockbusters” special episode of 90FM’s The Reel Thing, this is what I wrote about the comedy The Man with Two Brains, directed … Continue reading From the Archive — The Man with Two Brains
From the Archive: Sibling Rivalry
In the interest of full disclosure, I should note that my unkind words for Summer School don’t properly acknowledge how weirdly watchable I find that comedy to be. On the other hand, I stand by my praise for Kirstie Alley … Continue reading From the Archive: Sibling Rivalry
Coffee for Two 