“The Best Comedy of the Year!” 1990s
As I indicated in my previous post and in the comments section that came with it, I went into this project fully expecting to prefer the film comedies I would have to choose from as I moved back into...
View Article"The Best Comedy of the Year!" 1970's
The 1970’s are widely considered to be an era of cinematic genius. Most of this reputation is built on a boiling revolution of elevated realism; the mainstreaming of the work started on stage in the...
View ArticlePersonal Musings: Joss Whedon, Government Shutdowns and the Golden Age Fallacy
I think we’re actually becoming stupider and more petty. I think we have one shot—and that’s education, and that’s being defunded along with all the social services. What’s going on in this country,...
View ArticleMovieline Cover Gallery 1985-1988
Movieline Magazine started as an local publication in Los Angeles in 1985. It became a national publication four years later in 1989. This is when the articles started being archived, so sadly I...
View ArticleDecember 1: Happy Birthday Woody Allen and Bette Midler
Our two headliners for today starred together in Paul Mazursky’s Scenes from a Mall. Woody Allen is turning 81 today. He began working as television writer while just out of his teens, writing for a...
View ArticleDecember 1: Happy Birthday Emily Mortimer and Zoë Kravitz
Today is Emily Mortimer’s 46th birthday. Her father was Sir John Mortimer, a British barrister who also created the television series Rumpole of the Bailey. She began performing in plays while...
View ArticleWoody Allen: Whine, Women and Song
Sometimes, it’s tough to be a Woody Allen fan. I don’t think I need to explain why. The always controversial and sometimes insightful Joe Queenan took Allen to task in the May 1991 issue of...
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