Movies A Memoriam Memorandum Why are In Memoriam segments so bad lately, and what does it say about our relationship to death?
From the Archive From the Archive: Sometimes a Fantasy is All You Need A 2020 essay reflecting on the 40th anniversary of Billy Joel's 'Glass Houses.'
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Hooked An overview of the novelization to Steven Spielberg's HOOK, originally published in March 2019.
Started from the Bottom Started from the Bottom: Week of 2/29/1964 Sixty years ago, there was Beatlemania - even on the bottom of the Billboard Hot 100
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo, il libro An overview of the novelization to THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY, originally published in February 2023.
Started from the Bottom Started from the Bottom: Week of 2/22/1969 A late '60s soul revue and much more.
From the Archive From the Archive: On Jackson Browne's 'Running on Empty' A 2021 piece I'm quite proud of, from a site I almost forgot I edited.
Started from the Bottom Started from the Bottom: Week of 2/14/2004 This bottom 10 has almost two hits and two connections to the Barbershop films.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: A S-S-Smokin' Read An overview of the novelization to THE MASK, originally published in February 2021.
From the Archive From the Archive: John Williams on the Pop Charts A 2019 tribute to my favorite film composer.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Let's Hear It for the Book An overview of the novelization to FOOTLOOSE, originally published in February 2020.
Started from the Bottom Started from the Bottom: Week of 2/6/1988 This bottom 10 of a random Billboard Hot 100 has every kind of hairstyle you'd want.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Star Beast An overview of the novelization to ALIEN, originally published in February 2019.
Started from the Bottom Started from the Bottom: Week of 11/15/1975 A bottom 10 full of funk, soul and a few white guys putting it down, too.
Movies Ranking Steven Spielberg, Part 2: The '80s Revisiting the second decade of my favorite director.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: I Like to Read in America An overview of the novelization to WEST SIDE STORY, originally published in January 2022.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: The Moment of Truth An overview of the novelization to THE KARATE KID, originally published in January 2021.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Here's 'The Thing' An overview of the novelization to THE THING, originally published in January 2020.
Movies Ranking Steven Spielberg, Part 1: The '70s Revisiting the first decade of my favorite director.
