Hollywood, Politics, and World War II: Inseparable From the Start
DIRECTOR: LAURENT BOUZEREAU/2017
Say what you will about Hollywood’s influence in poli...
Gotta Dance!
42nd STREET (1933)
I've chosen to spotlight movie musicals this March, a subject as big and broad and boisterous as the classic era of Hollywo...
When the Movies Turn Their Cameras Upon Themselves...
We all know it. Hollywood is perhaps the most narcissistic industry ever created by narcissistic man. As ...
An International Batch of Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts
Once again, ShortsHD is bringing this year's batch of Oscar nominated Live Action and Animated Sho...
The Many Faces of America's Blatantly Diverse Filmmaker
One July morning in 1989, I woke up in my New York apartment to find my roommate Gary chatting excitedl...
Washington and Davis Show Their Range in Wilson's Play
DIRECTOR: DENZEL WASHINGTON/2016
Pittsburgh, 1950s. Troy Maxson arrives home from work with his frien...
Natalie Portman's Jackie Goes Beyond Camelot
DIRECTED BY PABLO LARRAIN/2016
JIM TUDOR: The car sails down the Dallas highway, a secret service agent on the...
10 Movies Not to Be Missed + 1 to Skip (+ Top Soundtracks)
Any discussion of “the best” is fraught with complication. Nominating the best art of an arbitrary ti...
A Popcorn Flick, not an Oscar Contender (and that's nothing to complain about)
DIRECTOR: MORTEN TYLDUM/2016
Could any place be lonelier than space?
J...
Pentalogy.
It might be word you’re about to become more acquainted with in the movie world.
In the lead-up to the release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to F...
Taylor Blake has been hooked on film ever since she saw The Lion King in theaters at age two—initially on every stuffed Simba and Nala she could find, later on any great movie she could find. St. Louis Film Critics Association member. Follow her on Letterboxd.
