The Favorites  is a series briefly exploring films I love, to find out what makes them - and me - tick.  The Gold Rush (1925/USA/dir. ...

My video essay (the online work I'm proudest of in any form) "directed by De Palma", featuring clips from Hi Mom, Carrie...

My entry in the Comedy Countdown, a video essay on Modern Times mixing and matching three iconic texts on the famous film, from Otis ...

Aloud? In my video essay? Right now?? I am preparing my entry in the Wonders in the Dark comedy countdown, which will appear by early ...

In the famed Kuleshov experiment, conducted in the Soviet Union immediately after the Russian Revolution, it was demonstrated that audie...

This is an entry in "The Big Ones," a series covering 32 classic films for the first time on The Dancing Image. There are spo...

Every Friday, we look back at films released 10-100 years ago this week. Visit Remembering the Movies to further peruse the past ...

Every Friday, we look back at films released 10-100 years ago this week. This is a week of outlaws, villains, and renegades - some goo...