Screen
Dirty talk
A letter has arrived at the Swan residence, a despicable letter riddled with obscenities and sexual vulgarity. It’s the 19th of its kind, and...
Open and shutter
Jennifer Takaki’s path to directing Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story began with a chance meeting in New York City back in 2003.
“It was...
‘To build a better world’
It was 30 years ago this April that Turner Classic Movies (TCM) first signed on the air. Truly, it wasn’t that big of a...
Tennis, anyone?
Within every game, there’s a second game playing out inside the first. We can’t always see it, but it’s often much more significant than...
Press pass
When a teenage Melissa Benoist found herself facing graduation at Arapahoe High School in Littleton, the longtime performer had a hard time shaking the...
Separation anxiety
What are you boys fighting for?
That’s the question writer-historian Shelby Foote tries to answer in Ken Burns’ landmark 1990 documentary The Civil War. Foote...
Watching out loud
It happens every year: “We find something absolutely amazing, totally amazing, in the films. It’s not there, but we find it.”
So said the late...
Should’ve been a cowboy
As soon as John Carroll Lynch started acting as a teenager, it’s been serious business. Looking back on his performances at the Regis Jesuit...
The misanthrope
Midway through his life, Samet (Deniz Celiloğlu) looks around and sees nothing he likes. Originally from Istanbul, he obliges his mandatory teaching service in...