Growing Up with Movies | Andy Wolverton

Growing Up with Movies: Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)

I often like to revisit films I haven’t seen in many years, not only to see if they’ve held up, but also to discover how I’ve held up,...

What's Your Film Journey Look Like?

Every movie lover has an origin story, the place where the love of movies took hold and never turned you loose. I hope you'll share some...

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: The Revisionist West Through the Eyes of a Nine-Year-Old

(This examination of Frank Perry's Doc (1971) contains SPOILERS.) My local theater’s poster for Doc (1971) promised something familiar,...

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

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