This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Laura Horak’s new book Girls Will Be Boys: Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema (Rutgers University Press, 2016) is an exhaustively… Read more “A Review of Laura Horak’s Girls Will Be Boys”
Category: Film Books
A Review of You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. I first became aware of Felicia Day (as did almost everyone else) shortly after she released The Guild on the… Read more “A Review of You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day”
A Review of Gay Directors, Gay Films? by Emanuel Levy
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Film critic Emanuel Levy‘s new book Gay Directors , Gay Films? is an excellent examination of the work of five gay… Read more “A Review of Gay Directors, Gay Films? by Emanuel Levy”
A Review of Keepers by Richard Schickel
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Richard Schickel’s Keepers: The Greatest Films–and Personal Favorites–of a Moviegoing Lifetime (Alfred A. Knopf, 2015) is a book a cinephile… Read more “A Review of Keepers by Richard Schickel”
A Review of The Horror of It All by Adam Rockoff
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Adam Rockoff comes off as something of a cad in his newest book The Horror of It all: One… Read more “A Review of The Horror of It All by Adam Rockoff”
Don’t You Forget: A Review of Kirk Honeycutt’s John Hughes: A Life in Film
This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. No other filmmaker has ever better understood and better captured the experience of being a teenager in America than John… Read more “Don’t You Forget: A Review of Kirk Honeycutt’s John Hughes: A Life in Film”
A Review Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events by Carl Rollyson
This review was first published on Fourth & Sycamore. Over half a century after her untimely death at age thirty-six Marilyn Monroe still captivates screen audiences… Read more “A Review Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events by Carl Rollyson”
Roger Ebert, Teacher
This essay first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. I own a lot of books, and I own a lot of movies. It would be hard… Read more “Roger Ebert, Teacher”
God’s Lonely Man: A Look at Tom Shone’s Martin Scorcese: A Retrospective
This review was first published on Fourth & Sycamore. Few modern directors enjoy more reverential respect than Martin Scorcese. Across a five decade career he has managed… Read more “God’s Lonely Man: A Look at Tom Shone’s Martin Scorcese: A Retrospective”
A Review of Tara Ison’s Reeling Through Life: How I Learned to Live, Love, and Die at the Movies
This review was originally published on Fourth & Sycamore. “Going to the movies has always been, as far back as I can remember, both an event… Read more “A Review of Tara Ison’s Reeling Through Life: How I Learned to Live, Love, and Die at the Movies”
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