People seem to have the misconception that Betty Boop was a lighthearted bit of fluff. But Max Fleischer was a master of animation. Combined with jazz great Cab Calloway singing St James Infirmary Blues, the creativity and the dark side of this cartoon were really able to come out. more ›

Every once and a while, a group of cinephile friends and I sit around and get into a heated discussion about all of the great artists we wish someone would make a movie about. Today that discussion centered on the fabulous Nicholas Brothers, maybe the two most dynamic tap dancers who ever lived. I was never a very starstruck person, even as a younger man, but Harold (d. 2000) and Fayard (d. 2006) Nicholas were... more ›

"We've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark...and we're wearing sunglasses. more ›