Disney World is closed. So is Disneyland. Indeed, all theme parks and even most major studios are shut down for the foreseeable future. However, that doesn’t mean you still can’t take a tour of Walt Disney’s animation studios from the comfort of your living room. At least, their studio from the 1940s. For that is… [Read More]
Self Isolation Film Festival: Superman the Movie
Richard Donner’s epic film Superman the Movie is … “swell,” to quote Clark Kent. While superhero films have advanced in production (well, except for maybe Green Lantern), Donner’s original hero films (counting the first and second films about Kent AKA Kal-El AKA Superman) remain high up on my list. While the flash-bangs of Marvel’s Avengers… [Read More]
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
“What we saw at that camp was that life could be better.” Perhaps the main theme of the Netflix documentary Crip Camp comes near the beginning as we see film of teenaged disabled campers in 1971 while hearing Richie Havens singing the word “freedom” over and over from “Motherless Child”. For these campers, their time… [Read More]
Self-Isolation Film Festival: The General
While we fill the days and nights of self-isolation, this is a great time to discover films that we may have overlooked—especially films from long ago. Buster Keaton’s The General, a 1926 silent film, is thought by some, including Orson Wells and BFI’s Sight & Sound magazine, to be the greatest comedy of all time…. [Read More]
Streetlight Harmonies: A New Song in Troubled Times
In the new documentary, Streetlight Harmonies shines a spotlight on the origins of doo wop and its influence on the broader culture. By creating sophisticated harmonizing music, these groups crossed color barriers and created a legacy all of its own. Among the endless jukebox of melodies and memories, Harmonies shows how these performers found themselves in the… [Read More]
Bambi: A Day in the Life of a Deer #TBT
Like Dumbo before it, Bambi was another Disney movie that I never really cared for, but also like Dumbo, it is a movie I appreciate a lot more as an adult. For starters, the animation style is unique for its time and astoundingly beautiful. It was intentionally drawn to look more natural and it clearly… [Read More]
Self-Isolation Film Festival: Napoleon Dynamite
Like many people, I have a specific slate of movies I turn to whenever I am bored or want to relax after a long day at work. Many of the films are humorous, such as The Princess Bride, Spaceballs, and The Emperor’s New Groove. Some have an endearing charm to them, like My Neighbor Totoro… [Read More]
Dolphin Reef: Together, Under the Sea
When you stop to think about it, it really is remarkable how far nature documentary filmmaking has come over the last decade or so. Spearheaded by new technology and funding, series like Planet Earth, The Blue Planet and more have provided stunning natural footage and information that restore a sense of wonder in the eyes of the viewer…. [Read More]
Self-Isolation Film Festival: Ralph Breaks the Internet
Life is going along just fine, but then a virus begins spreading, threatening everything and everyone. That is a scary prospect. How is someone supposed to respond to such a crisis? That’s a problem raised in Disney’s Ralph Breaks the Internet. So, as we continue our own struggle with a threatening virus, perhaps we can… [Read More]
Ahsoka’s Universe: 1on1 with Ashley Eckstein (STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS)
It’s not every day that one gets the opportunity to speak with Star Wars royalty. Since her introduction in the first season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars as a young Jedi-in-training, Ahsoka Tano remains one of the most beloved characters in the Star Wars universe that doesn’t carry the last name of Skywalker. Voiced by Ashley Eckstein, Ahsoka’s… [Read More]
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