If the latest capers in Hollywood are any indication, fans of DC Comics may be loyal to a fault. However, the home-release animated films still provide a light at the end of the tunnel, and Justice League Dark is no…
Interview: Matt Ryan’s Magic Tricks
At a simpler time, when Alan Moore was on more positive terms with the rest of the comics industry, he shared a now-famous anecdote of meeting his creation John Constantine in the flesh. Thanks to the talents of actor Matt…
Out of Past: “The Lady from Shanghai” (1948)
Next week is Orson Welles’ birthday centennial (May 6th) and this website is going to be chock full of Welles tributes. But, let’s start the party early with his 1948 noir The Lady from Shanghai (next week will be Touch…
The Film Canon: Les Diaboliques (1955)
It is no more possible to discuss the importance and impact of Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Les Diaboliques without diving into spoilers than it is to examine Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960) without mentioning Janet Leigh’s brutal murder. And yet Clouzot’s masterpiece has…