I love the look of Christmas season. The more bright, colorful lights strewn about the better, in my opinion. Mistletoe and holly and candy canes, oh my! Keep it coming. So I thoroughly enjoy when Christmas movies go all in with their yuletide vibes. In the best Christmas movies, the seasonal trappings are a key … Continue reading Christmas on Film
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Forty Years of Fast Times
If you grew up at a certain time—the 1980s—and in a certain place—suburban America—then there’s a better than average chance Fast Times at Ridgemont High means an awful lot to you. Earlier this year the movie celebrated its fortieth anniversary, which feels like the right time to express my undying love for it. In his … Continue reading Forty Years of Fast Times
Random Image Dump #3
Sometimes I think we collectively dreamed up the Captain and Tennille, but nope, they were a real thing. His porn ‘stache, her legs for miles and miles (and miles and miles…), and most of all, the musical hits! All real! This has been on my camera roll for a few years after I came across … Continue reading Random Image Dump #3
Bad Girls We Love: Joan Collins in Everything
Normally, I select one character to spotlight in the Bad Girls We Love posts, but this time I’m throwing all the love at one legendary actress who has made a career out of playing the bad girls we love: Dame Joan Collins, or Joan Fucking Collins, as her fans affectionately call her. Or maybe that’s … Continue reading Bad Girls We Love: Joan Collins in Everything
“Exquisite romantic pain”: Martin Scorsese’s The Age of Innocence
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about Martin Scorsese’s masterful 1993 adaptation of Edith Wharton’s heartbreaking novel The Age of Innocence, which traces the tragic, Gilded Age romance between Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis) and Countess Ellen Olenska (Michelle Pfeiffer). No surprise there, as it’s quite possibly my favorite Scorsese film—which always shocks fans of Goodellas … Continue reading “Exquisite romantic pain”: Martin Scorsese’s The Age of Innocence
Still wake up the same old Susie
If you’ve read everything I’ve ever written here since I started this blog in the spring of 2020, I thank you. If you only drop by once every few months and cherry pick articles of interest to you, I thank you. If this post is the first time you’re reading this blog, I thank you. … Continue reading Still wake up the same old Susie
Random Image Dump #2
Still random, only this time all black and white. Captions included at the end. Now let’s allow these photographs to speak for themselves. 1. Marilyn Monroe publicity shot for How to Mary A Millionaire (1953). 2. Elvis Presley and Susan Henning, The 1968 Comeback Special. 3. Matt Dillon and Mickey Rourke in Rumble Fish (1983). … Continue reading Random Image Dump #2






