Updated 2/24/2024

Speaking of Beatles, here's a conversation I had with author Tim Riley (Tell Me Why: A Beatles Commentary) late last year about the Get...

A nice write-up, from Religion News Service's Kathryn Post, about the 50th anniversary of Jesus Christ Superstar, for which I provided a...

My review of the new version of The Boys in the Band, with notes on the 1970 film, is up at Critics at Large.

My piece on Town Bloody Hall (1979), the Pennebaker-Hegedus documentary about a 1970 Women's Liberation panel starring Germaine Greer and...

This short musing on a virtually unknown film directed by Peter Fonda in 1973 is my contribution to the current year-long series running...

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three is a comic thriller, or thrilling comedy, retrieved from the volatile alchemy of "Drop Dead"-era New...

My review of Neil Young’s ROXY: Tonight’s the Night Live, capturing the moment when he really got into the ditch.

Today at Critics at Large, my review of Nicholas Jennings's Lightfoot, concerning the balladeer who maintained just the right emotional...

Remembering the 1975 Boston Red Sox: not the weirdest team of its time, nor quite the best, but the only one that I, as a long-lapsed...