The Rest of the Story
Film books are the ultimate director’s cut Vertigo Comics, a division of DC and home of Superman and Batman, arranged …
Category Archives: Black Eye
An Arc for the Ages
Local filmmaker stunned Hollywood with a powerful triptych There isn’t a single Oscar prognosticator who could have foretold the arrival …
In Dramatic ‘Pursuit’
Will Smith and son power The Pursuit of Happyness The new Will Smith vehicle The Pursuit of Happyness got me …
The Third ‘D’?
Director Liam Lynch discusses his role in Tenacious D George Martin was credited as the fifth Beatle for his contributions …
Strange Choices: Life and Art Collide in ‘Stranger than Fiction’
During an interview for his latest film, Stranger than Fiction, a professorial Dustin Hoffman shares an intriguing anecdote about a …
Long Journeys to Fulfillment
Shortbus uses sex to show our attempts (and failures) at human connnection What is Shortbus? Is it an underground New …
Double Vision
Oscar season finds a number of actors working double duty With tongue firmly planted in cheek, I begin with the …
‘Sleep’ to Dream
I still remember learning about the science of dreams in my high school Advanced Placement Biology course. My instructor offered …
Baltimore and Over-the-Rhine
The Wire offers an urban civics lesson every week on HBO Fans of the HBO original series The Wire were …
Road Dogs
Clerks II’s Brian O’Halloran and Jeff Anderson hit the road to discuss their signature characters With the opening line of …
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