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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


Columbia Cavalcade of 1940
I present to you a sample study of Columbia’s B movies released in 1940: an onslaught of one-hour wonders. Let’s dive right in— Wait,...

Adam Williams
Nov 24, 20237 min read


Neurotic November: The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
Woody Allen is a polarizing figure, a sought-after writer and director with an abiding love for old Hollywood, but with a controversial...

Samantha Glasser
Nov 17, 20235 min read


Neurotic November: Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
Woody Allen is a polarizing figure, a sought-after writer and director with an abiding love for old Hollywood, but with a controversial...

Samantha Glasser
Nov 10, 20236 min read


Neurotic November: Play It Again, Sam (1972)
Woody Allen is a polarizing figure, a sought-after writer and director with an abiding love for old Hollywood, but with a controversial...

Samantha Glasser
Nov 3, 20236 min read


Whatever Happened to Pierre Gendron?
The Monster Maker has all the ingredients for a throwaway camp chiller: a Svengali-like mad scientist, experiments with a dread disease,...

Adam Williams
Oct 27, 20239 min read


Ominous October: The Golem (1920)
It's October and you know what that means, spooky-themed movies! SAMANTHA GLASSER: In medieval Prague, a Jewish ghetto is threatened with...

Samantha Glasser
Oct 20, 20235 min read


Ominous October: One Body Too Many (1944)
It's October and you know what that means, spooky-themed movies! RODNEY BOWCOCK: Jack Haley stars as Albert Tuttle, insurance salesman....

Samantha Glasser
Oct 13, 20234 min read


Ominous October: Earth vs. The Spider (1958)
It's October and you know what that means, spooky-themed movies! SAMANTHA GLASSER: Earth vs. The Spider (1958) AKA The Spider, not to be...

Samantha Glasser
Oct 6, 20235 min read


Who Needs Hollywood? The Cincinnati Cine Club Makes a Movie
If you head east on Hollywood Boulevard and go for approximately 2,000 miles, you’ll find yourself in the middle of the Ohio Valley in a...

Adam Williams
Sep 29, 20237 min read


Shemptember: Arabian Nights (1942)
Shemp, the stooge who went on from the comedy group to have a minor movie career as a solo talent, and then returned when his brother...

Samantha Glasser
Sep 22, 20235 min read
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