Before I went to Tokyo for the first time, I was told what to expect. At least five of those things turned out to be flat-out lies. I was thinking of this as I was […]
The Burden of Dreams
Dysentery, poisonous snakes, sabotage and a 320-ton ship being pushed up a mountain in the Amazon. People got hurt. People went nuts. People actually died. How could this not make for an intense movie? And […]
Too Late For Tears
The New York Times described it as “a yarn about a cash-hungry dame who doesn’t let men or conscience stand in her way.” TOO LATE FOR TEARS was Lizabeth Scott at her most manipulative and […]
Heavy Metal Loser
So, there was this guy who became kind of a heavy metal god. He sold over 38 million records and was worshiped by both audiences and fellow musicians alike. And yet, if you take what […]
Cornell’s Alien Artifacts
“Somewhere in the city of New York there are four or five still-unknown objects that belong together. Once together they’ll make a work of art. That’s Cornell’s premise, his metaphysics, and his religion.” That was […]
Heartbreak City: Thanks a ton, Colson Whitehead!
I lived in New York for seventeen years. I never thought I would leave. It was the place I belonged. A place of constant energy and incredible beauty. Just being there made me feel like […]
A Classic Sex Scandal
1963, England. Christine Keeler, just nineteen, was having sex with the much older, and married, Secretary of War. To make matters worse, said nineteen-year-old was also having sex regularly with the Soviet Naval Attache. Resignations […]
