Growing Up with Movies

Growing Up with Movies: The Video Editions

For a few years now, I've been writing the occasional blog post about my experiences growing up with movies. Today I'm beginning a video...

Growing Up with Movies: Cloris Leachman (1926-2021)

When you're young, your first experience with an actor stays with you, for good or bad. If you first see Jack Palance or Lee Van Cleef as...

Growing Up with Movies: The Look

He stands elegantly dressed in a white tuxedo, cradling a cigarette lighter, looking ahead and slightly downward, his cigarette pointed...

The Best Rediscoveries of 2020: Rewatches

When I talk about rewatches, I’m referring not to movies I watch on a regular basis, such as The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Thing (1982),...

Growing Up with Movies: The Films Your Parents Wouldn't Let You Watch

I don’t know about you, but as a kid, I saw a lot of movies that would’ve totally freaked out my parents had they known about them. I saw...