Tail Pop

It was March 31, 1981. I was celebrating my second anniversary of becoming a union story analyst by watching the 53rd Academy Awards. The host was Johnny Carson and the …

If I had been asked 20 years ago whether a glass of rippling water would become one of the most iconic and recognizable images in cinematic history, I probably would’ve …

My love for Chinatown has only deepened as my affection for LA has grown more complicated.

What if a gun had a soul? That was the question that was pinned to walls, doors and bulletin boards on the production of The Iron Giant.

Perhaps because I work in this business, or just because I love movies so much, I’m always asked to define which ones I think are the classics. To me, that’s …

When I was growing up in the 1970s, there were at least two cinemas in my town that used to play double features in the old tradition.

Ghosts. I guess we’re never very far from them. You can’t really see them, but they’re always there. They’re quiet. Every now and then, one pops up, moves the furniture …

No matter how hardcore a cinephile you might be, there are always discoveries to be made in an old film never seen or even heard of.

In Syracuse New York in 1967, my dad’s RCA console TV received three broadcast channels. One of them was the local PBS station. That’s where I first saw Duck Soup, …

Growing up a twin and one of nine children meant that there wasn’t very much alone time.