The other night I viewed On the Bowery for the first time, via TCM. And, of course, like any photography idiot my very first thought was:  how in the hell did they shoot that?   If you don't know, this short feature from 1956 was written and… more »

I caught the always lovely and charming Melanie Peterson at Dora Keogh in Toronto Friday night. And yes, that was Robbie Burns night.All of these were shot with a Fujifilm X-Pro 1, and I have to say I'm not yet 100 percent comfortable with this camera.… more »

Like most people in the known universe, I feel compelled to weigh in on the controversy surrounding the photographer who took the now infamous picture recently featured on the front page of the New York Post. As you can see in the comments below this T… more »

My latest Obscure Movie Review...Years ago, several people told me that Blood Simple was the worst movie they'd ever seen. Truly God awful, was their judgement.  Not so long after that it was on TV, so I made a point of watching it for no other reason th… more »