Bye Bye Birdie — Rock ‘n’ Roll Is Here to Stay
Bye Bye Birdie, George Sidney’s candy-colored adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, arrived in theaters on the eve of pivotal moments in the histories of both the musical genre in […]
Monthly Archives: September 2018
Double Feature: Pickpockets in Love
From what I’ve been able to determine, the idea that Robert Bresson may have taken inspiration from Samuel Fuller’s Pickup on South Street (1953) when he made Pickpocket (1959) is tenuous at […]
Two Poems
The World, Phonetically Hannah Rose
“Every Soda Jerk in This Country’s Got an Idea He’s Somebody” — Class in The Best Years of Our Lives
William Wyler’s The Best Years of Our Lives is fondly remembered as an honest and heartfelt look at the struggles of returning veterans. More than seventy years later, not only have […]
Geppetto's Clocks 