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 266 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 195 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 126 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 55 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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Samantha Glasser
Dec 22, 20236 min read
Christmas Watch: The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
It's time for holly berries, cinnamon, listening to Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Elvis, and snuggling up under a thick blanket to...
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Samantha Glasser
Dec 15, 20235 min read
Christmas Watch: Trail of Robin Hood (1950)
It's time for holly berries, cinnamon, listening to Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Elvis, and snuggling up under a thick blanket to...
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Samantha Glasser
Dec 8, 20236 min read
Christmas Watch: And So They Were Married (1936)
It's time for holly berries, cinnamon, listening to Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Elvis, and snuggling up under a thick blanket to...
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Samantha Glasser
Dec 1, 20236 min read
Christmas Watch: Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
It's time for holly berries, cinnamon, listening to Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Elvis, and snuggling up under a thick blanket to...
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Adam Williams
Nov 24, 20237 min read
Columbia Cavalcade of 1940
I present to you a sample study of Columbia’s B movies released in 1940: an onslaught of one-hour wonders. Let’s dive right in— Wait,...
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Samantha Glasser
Nov 17, 20235 min read
Neurotic November: The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
Woody Allen is a polarizing figure, a sought-after writer and director with an abiding love for old Hollywood, but with a controversial...
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Samantha Glasser
Nov 10, 20236 min read
Neurotic November: Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
Woody Allen is a polarizing figure, a sought-after writer and director with an abiding love for old Hollywood, but with a controversial...
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Samantha Glasser
Nov 3, 20236 min read
Neurotic November: Play It Again, Sam (1972)
Woody Allen is a polarizing figure, a sought-after writer and director with an abiding love for old Hollywood, but with a controversial...
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Adam Williams
Oct 27, 20239 min read
Whatever Happened to Pierre Gendron?
The Monster Maker has all the ingredients for a throwaway camp chiller: a Svengali-like mad scientist, experiments with a dread disease,...
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Samantha Glasser
Oct 20, 20235 min read
Ominous October: The Golem (1920)
It's October and you know what that means, spooky-themed movies! SAMANTHA GLASSER: In medieval Prague, a Jewish ghetto is threatened with...
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Samantha Glasser
Oct 13, 20234 min read
Ominous October: One Body Too Many (1944)
It's October and you know what that means, spooky-themed movies! RODNEY BOWCOCK: Jack Haley stars as Albert Tuttle, insurance salesman....
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Samantha Glasser
Oct 6, 20235 min read
Ominous October: Earth vs. The Spider (1958)
It's October and you know what that means, spooky-themed movies! SAMANTHA GLASSER: Earth vs. The Spider (1958) AKA The Spider, not to be...
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Adam Williams
Sep 29, 20237 min read
Who Needs Hollywood? The Cincinnati Cine Club Makes a Movie
If you head east on Hollywood Boulevard and go for approximately 2,000 miles, you’ll find yourself in the middle of the Ohio Valley in a...
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Samantha Glasser
Sep 22, 20235 min read
Shemptember: Arabian Nights (1942)
Shemp, the stooge who went on from the comedy group to have a minor movie career as a solo talent, and then returned when his brother...
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