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Animated April: Gulliver's Travels (1939)
In honor of our annual animation program and the 3D cartoons that will run at the Wexner Center before the show, we spend April looking...

Samantha Glasser
Apr 12, 20246 min read


Animated April: The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
In honor of our annual animation program and the 3D cartoons that will run at the Wexner Center before the show, we spend April looking...

Samantha Glasser
Apr 5, 20245 min read


Comedy Torture Chamber: Smoked Hams (1934)
The experience of being in an audience watching an abysmal comedy is uniquely breath-taking. For the uninitiated, it can also be...

Adam Williams
Mar 29, 20244 min read


Women's History March: Miss Pinkerton (1932)
We celebrate Women's History Month with four films featuring strong female protagonists. RODNEY BOWCOCK: Miss Pinkerton (1932) tells the...

Samantha Glasser
Mar 22, 20244 min read


Women's History March: Tess of the Storm Country (1922)
We celebrate Women's History Month with four films featuring strong female protagonists. RODNEY BOWCOCK: Class wars exist today,...

Samantha Glasser
Mar 15, 20247 min read


Women's History March: The Great Man's Lady (1941)
We celebrate Women's History Month with four films featuring strong female protagonists. RODNEY BOWCOCK: This is the story of Hannah Hoyt...

Samantha Glasser
Mar 8, 20245 min read


Women's History March: Female (1933)
We celebrate Women's History Month with four films featuring strong female protagonists. SAMANTHA GLASSER: Alison Drake (Ruth Chatterton)...

Samantha Glasser
Mar 1, 20245 min read


Behind the Scenes 1938: Two Short Films
Here are two reviews of short films from 1938, both about filmmaking and the illusory nature of the movies. One might be more...

Adam Williams
Feb 23, 20246 min read


February on Fire: Arson, Inc. (1949)
In the throes of winter, we lean closer to the hearth with this month's fire theme. RODNEY BOWCOCK: The poster bills this as a...

Samantha Glasser
Feb 16, 20245 min read


February on Fire: Hell's Hinges (1916)
In the throes of winter, we lean closer to the hearth with this month's fire theme. RODNEY BOWCOCK: William S. Hart was a near annual...

Samantha Glasser
Feb 9, 20245 min read


February on Fire: She Played With Fire (1957)
In the throes of winter, we lean closer to the hearth with this month's fire theme. RODNEY BOWCOCK: There’s just something about an...

Samantha Glasser
Feb 2, 20245 min read


Indignation, Cryptography, & Art Cinema: The Story of The Guild
While taking a walk the other morning, I had the urge to stop and photograph the building at 782 East McMillan Street in the heart of the...

Adam Williams
Jan 26, 20246 min read


January Critters: Rhubarb (1951)
W.C. Fields may not have liked them, but who else doesn't like a good animal movie? This month we watch movies starring a variety of...

Samantha Glasser
Jan 19, 20245 min read


January Critters: Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
W.C. Fields may not have liked them, but who else doesn't like a good animal movie? This month we watch movies starring a variety of...

Samantha Glasser
Jan 12, 20246 min read


January Critters: The Ugly Dachshund (1966)
W.C. Fields may not have liked them, but who else doesn't like a good animal movie? This month we watch movies starring a variety of...

Samantha Glasser
Jan 5, 20245 min read


Gunfight at the Columbia Corral: 1940
As a continuation of last month’s post, I’m looking at two B Westerns from Columbia’s 1940 output. I’m pitting Wild Bill Elliott against...

Adam Williams
Dec 29, 20234 min read


Christmas Watch: The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
It's time for holly berries, cinnamon, listening to Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Elvis, and snuggling up under a thick blanket to...

Samantha Glasser
Dec 22, 20236 min read


Christmas Watch: Trail of Robin Hood (1950)
It's time for holly berries, cinnamon, listening to Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Elvis, and snuggling up under a thick blanket to...

Samantha Glasser
Dec 15, 20235 min read


Christmas Watch: And So They Were Married (1936)
It's time for holly berries, cinnamon, listening to Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Elvis, and snuggling up under a thick blanket to...

Samantha Glasser
Dec 8, 20236 min read


Christmas Watch: Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
It's time for holly berries, cinnamon, listening to Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Elvis, and snuggling up under a thick blanket to...

Samantha Glasser
Dec 1, 20236 min read
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