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Sequel-ology: A "Fantasia" Case Study
Mickey Mouse in The Sorcerer's Apprentice from Fantasia (1940) I guess we’re doing sequels these days. Or follow-ups. Or reboots. Or...
Kelly McDonnell
Jun 5, 202511 min read


You Are What You See
This whole idea started when, in an opinionated review of Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar-winning film The Zone of Interest, Peter Rutland...
Kelly McDonnell
Apr 17, 20246 min read


Sincerity is Scary - Losing Sentimentality at the Movies
February 2024 “I can’t stan’ ‘im!” Lina Lamont shrilly sobs. The 1927 audience of the opening night of The Dueling Cavalier breaks into...
Kelly McDonnell
Feb 8, 20249 min read


Casting Shadows: The Cult Phenomenon of the 'Rocky Horror Picture Show'
The lights dim in The Esquire Theatre auditorium near downtown Cincinnati where an audience of about 50 are gathered to watch “The Rocky...
Kelly McDonnell
Dec 21, 20216 min read


Pandemic threatens DC's disappearing LGBTQ bars, pushes out drag queens
Chanel Devereaux used to spend every Sunday morning adorning herself in rhinestone costumes, affixing brightly colored and well trimmed...
Kelly McDonnell
Dec 21, 20217 min read


Podcast star Christine Schiefer is an open book, and she'd like to keep it that way.
Christine Schiefer’s day-to-day consists of hearing eerie ghost stories about haunted mansions or cursed forests, and telling grotesque...
Kelly McDonnell
Dec 21, 20217 min read
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