The Best Picture Winners, Part 12 | Gone With the Wind (Part 1 of 2)
It has been a perennial of American film [...]
The Persistence of Disney, Part 7: The Three Caballeros (1944)
It can be supposed that somewhere, sometime, at some point we’ve all seen the entirety of The Three Caballeros even if we didn’t watch the...
The Persistence of Disney, Part 6: Saludos Amigos (1942)
After five animated classics of sublime complexity and artistry, it is a bit of a cold water treatment to arrive at Saludos Amigos. It doesn’t...
Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
The fortress of feature animation grows stronger and yet weaker at the same time. For every great film like Zootopia and Finding Dory there are...
Suicide Squad (2016)
It may be just the nature of the premise itself, but Suicide Squad feels oddly scummy. There’s a pall of filth and grime that seems...
The Persistence of Disney, Part 5: Bambi (1942)
Say the words to yourself . . . Bambi's mother. For nearly three-quarters of a century her death has been an integral piece of American...
Hillary’s America: The Secret History of The Democratic Party (2016)
What kind of candy-coated daffodil Disneyland has Disnesh D’Souza mistaken for reality? What universe is this man living in? His new film Hillary’s America: The...
Nerve (2016)
Nerve is a safe, tepid treatment of a subject that is so current you’d swear the movie was made only yesterday. It's about our all-consuming...
