Arkansas Democrat-Gazette On Film

01/02/2025

Carter's passing marks the end of a remarkable life. From his presidency and humanitarian work to literary pursuits, he exemplified integrity, compassion and an enduring drive to better himself and the world around him.

01/02/2025

From 2024 to the mid-2050s, the Bob Dylan Cinematic Universe (BDCU) dominated global cinema, reshaping popular culture and reviving debates about the nature of biographical storytelling.

12/28/2024

My Top 10 and more... for the time being anyway.

Movies have always held a special place in our cultural landscape as mirrors of their time. Shared experiences bind us together and provide us with familiar images and tropes. In an era where media consumption is more fragmented and personalized than ever, movies remain uniquely powerful, offering a...

12/15/2024

Richie Allen Weeps

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12/14/2024

In 1998, when the world became aware that the President of the United States had conducted an extramarital affair with a White House intern, I was alarmed that a person in such a powerful position would show such poor judgment, but I was not exactly shocked. I could be indignant about Bill Clinton’s recklessness, his willingness to risk political capital for moments of release and gratification, but I could not ignore what I understood to be reality: given the opportunity, a lot of heterosexual men would have behaved as Clinton behaved....

In 1998, when the world became aware that the President of the United States had conducted an extramarital affair with a White House intern, I was alarmed that a person in such a powerful position …

12/14/2024

There may have been a time when being a TV expert was actually possible.

12/14/2024

I just saw the new Bob Dylan movie, "A Complete Unknown," with Timothée Chalamet, that's coming out on Christmas Day.

12/12/2024

On Writing

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12/09/2024

Grandpa’s Watch

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12/08/2024

It was probably almost midnight, maybe later, in a club called the Blarney Stone, near Centenary College on Youree Drive in Shreveport, when we got the word. I don’t know whether there was a general announcement—in my mind someone heard it on the radio and whispered it in the ear of one of the guys in the band between songs. I told the story that way for a while, until the bass player corrected me, someone in the kitchen in the back was watching…...

It was probably almost midnight, maybe later, in a club called the Blarney Stone, near Centenary College on Youree Drive in Shreveport, when we got the word. I don’t know whether there was a g…

11/29/2024

Most of the guys I went to high school with in Louisiana in the mid-1970s didn't attend college. Most of those who did had scholarships or family money, and sometimes both.

11/29/2024

big thanks to Oline Cogdill for including BROILER in South Florida Sun Sentinel's picks of BEST BOOKS OF 2024

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2024/11/28/our-critics-picks-best-mystery-fiction-books-of-2024/

11/29/2024

Step into the Christmas spirit like never before when 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘒𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘊𝘖𝘜𝘕𝘛𝘙𝘠'𝘴 𝘈 𝘋𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘰𝘺 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦 hits the big screen this December 5th - 12th. Featuring a host of original music such as the harmonic ‘O Come O Come Emmanuel’ and the show-stopping rhythms of ‘Little Drummer Boy,’ get ready for the perfect family movie this Holiday season. Check www.riverdale10.com for show times!

11/26/2024

Bereft

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11/23/2024

Fittingly, the earliest movie I recall is 1962’s Safe at Home!, a baseball quickie made in the wake of the historic 1961 season in which the New York Yankees’ Roger Maris hit sixty-one home runs to break the single-season record that had been held by Babe Ruth since 1927. The movie stars Maris and teammates Mickey Mantle (who had also been part of that historic home run chase, ending the season with fifty-four dingers) and Wh**ey Ford, the Yankees' best starting pitcher....

Fittingly, the earliest movie I recall is 1962’s Safe at Home!, a baseball quickie made in the wake of the historic 1961 season in which the New York Yankees’ Roger Maris hit sixty-one home runs to…

11/22/2024

When Jesse Eisenberg was 16, he wrote a play about how a young man named Allan Stewart Konigsberg, an aspiring stand-up comedian, came to change his name to Heywood Allen. This was in keeping with the longstanding tradition of would-be popular entertainers, particularly those of Jewish heritage, to....

11/20/2024

This is a raw mix of new performance of an old song, one we did for the Something for the Pain album in 2017. It’s not really about Taylor Swift. This is just me, on everything.

This is a raw mix of new performance of an old song, one we did for the Something for the Pain album in 2017. It’s not really about Taylor Swift. This is just me, on everything.