Defiant Success

Blake Edwards' The Perfect Furlough  introduces Lt. Vicki Loren (Janet Leigh) in a way that's par for the course for films of the ...

The opening moments of John McNaughton's Normal Life  take the viewer through the average American small town. Suburbs, strip malls, t...

There's something that's fascinating about fiction focusing on sexual matters that's made before talking about them was social...

In this time of constant strife, one's always looking for a means of escape. They're looking for something to feel good about, a l...

In this current political climate, it's hard trying to immerse one's self in something besides the news. On the one hand, staying in...

For decades, Martin Scorsese has been practically synonymous with the gangster movie. Whether it's his big break Mean Streets  or his ...

There's a sense of serendipity in that the same year Wonder Woman finally  got the big-screen treatment with her own movie, the story ...

Man, this year has been one of varied ups and downs. On the one hand, my blog turned ten and I got to travel a bit (albeit staying on the e...

Have you ever envied someone's life? Sometimes it can be from the material goods that surround the envied person, other times it's...

Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story  opens with Charlie (Adam Driver) and Nicole (Scarlett Johansson) listing the many reasons why they lov...