I like that title. I like that picture. They probably deserve a post that's more than, essentially, a link, but for now that's w...

In 2020, I adapted and updated part of this piece as a video essay . You can take the baby boomer out of the sixties, but can you take...

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

Favorite paintings, drawings, etc (of the moment): a slideshow and a visual list - years later, the slideshow no longer works and has bee...

This piece, not a review proper but an examination of the film's themes, contains spoilers and is designed for those who have alread...

Who is Sam Spade? Who is Philip Marlowe? Well, for many film buffs, Bogie will always be Bogie. Granted, there's plenty of wiggle r...

Short thoughts on: The deaths of Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni • The Wild One • The Virgin Spring • The Departed and Inf...

A few months ago, I saw This is Not a Film for the first time. I had just arrived in Los Angeles and it seemed somehow appropriate to vi...

This review contains spoilers about the book and the film. One of the most unique neo-noirs of the seventies, The Long Goodbye displ...

Around 1991, when I kicked off ;my video collection in earnest (the few kids' films I owned up to that point didn't really count...

An Open Question for Bloggers, Lurkers, and Stumblers Call it a meme if you like, though I think the term's gone out of fashion. A...

In which The Dancing Image is removed, restored, and - as of today - reactivated I thought it was all over. Last week, I passed my bl...