(originally posted on Goodreads on August 7, 2020) Few films have been the object of as much enduring fasc...

I first heard of Frank Tashlin when I was starting to get into the Warner Bros. cartoons. I was intrigued when I found out that after his...

The great film critic Robin Wood once wrote that, although generally well-received, the romantic comedy My Best Friend's Wedding (19...

Way Out West (1937) is one of Laurel and Hardy's most beloved and celebrated films, and there's good reason for that: it's o...

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941), W.C. Fields' final starring vehicle, is one of his best and funniest films. It's his m...

Jean-Luc Godard's satirical black comedy Weekend (1967) is a film that at its core is comprised of two elements one would expect to ...