March 9, 2020

The greatest detective movie ever?

Sam Wasson, The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood. New York: Flatiron Books. 2020. 397 pages. Chinatown is arguably the greatest mystery/detective movie ever made.  The 1974 production had the Midas touch: an un...

May 15, 2016

Prince, and the Flight of Eros

Raw. Another word to describe the music that catapulted a hyper-talented Minneapolis teenager to international stardom in the 1970s and 80s would be less than apt. Sure, it was for the welcome-to-MTV crossover hits, “Little Red Corvette...