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Samantha Glasser
May 10, 20245 min read
Convention May: Dear Heart (1964)
It is May, convention month, time to anticipate our pending event. This month we watch movies featuring conventions. SAMANTHA GLASSER: It...
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Samantha Glasser
May 3, 20246 min read
Convention May: Sons of the Desert (1933)
It is May, convention month, time to anticipate our pending event. This month we watch movies featuring conventions. RODNEY BOWCOCK:Â ...
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Adam Williams
Apr 26, 20243 min read
He Watched by Night
There has been plenty of ink spilled over He Walked by Night, so what does a few more words matter? Nearly every book about so-called...
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Samantha Glasser
Apr 19, 20246 min read
Animated April: The Jungle Book (1967)
In honor of our annual animation program and the 3D cartoons that will run at the Wexner Center before the show, we spend April looking...
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Samantha Glasser
Apr 12, 20246 min read
Animated April: Gulliver's Travels (1939)
In honor of our annual animation program and the 3D cartoons that will run at the Wexner Center before the show, we spend April looking...
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Samantha Glasser
Apr 5, 20245 min read
Animated April: The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
In honor of our annual animation program and the 3D cartoons that will run at the Wexner Center before the show, we spend April looking...
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Adam Williams
Mar 29, 20244 min read
Comedy Torture Chamber: Smoked Hams (1934)
The experience of being in an audience watching an abysmal comedy is uniquely breath-taking. For the uninitiated, it can also be...
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Samantha Glasser
Mar 22, 20244 min read
Women's History March: Miss Pinkerton (1932)
We celebrate Women's History Month with four films featuring strong female protagonists. RODNEY BOWCOCK:Â Miss Pinkerton (1932) tells the...
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Samantha Glasser
Mar 15, 20247 min read
Women's History March: Tess of the Storm Country (1922)
We celebrate Women's History Month with four films featuring strong female protagonists. RODNEY BOWCOCK: Class wars exist today,...
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Samantha Glasser
Mar 8, 20245 min read
Women's History March: The Great Man's Lady (1941)
We celebrate Women's History Month with four films featuring strong female protagonists. RODNEY BOWCOCK: This is the story of Hannah Hoyt...
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Samantha Glasser
Mar 1, 20245 min read
Women's History March: Female (1933)
We celebrate Women's History Month with four films featuring strong female protagonists. SAMANTHA GLASSER: Alison Drake (Ruth Chatterton)...
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Adam Williams
Feb 23, 20246 min read
Behind the Scenes 1938: Two Short Films
Here are two reviews of short films from 1938, both about filmmaking and the illusory nature of the movies. One might be more...
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Samantha Glasser
Feb 16, 20245 min read
February on Fire: Arson, Inc. (1949)
In the throes of winter, we lean closer to the hearth with this month's fire theme. RODNEY BOWCOCK: The poster bills this as a...
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Samantha Glasser
Feb 9, 20245 min read
February on Fire: Hell's Hinges (1916)
In the throes of winter, we lean closer to the hearth with this month's fire theme. RODNEY BOWCOCK: William S. Hart was a near annual...
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Samantha Glasser
Feb 2, 20245 min read
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...
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Adam Williams
Jan 26, 20246 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...
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Samantha Glasser
Jan 19, 20245 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...
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Samantha Glasser
Jan 12, 20246 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...
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Samantha Glasser
Jan 5, 20245 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...
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Adam Williams
Dec 29, 20234 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...
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