Thomas Butt is a senior writer. An avid film connoisseur, Thomas actively logs his film consumption on Letterboxd and vows to connect with many more cinephiles through the platform. He is immensely ...
Column: In the early ’30s, Hollywood’s ‘dictator craze’ offered a startling alternative to democracy
“The dictator craze,” they called it. In the worst of the Great Depression, a time of 25% unemployment, some called for an American-style dictatorship. Democracy wasn’t working very well, time for a ...
About 20 years ago I was in a kind of partnership with another film historian who told me that, no, there wasn’t a market for a book on pre-code movies. I can only wonder what he thinks today after ...
The ‘Asteroid City’ director recommends Warner Bros’s 1933 infamous pre-Production Code melodrama about a sexually exploited young woman who decides to turn the table and seduce her way to the top to ...
The Sports Bra, Sport Oregon team up to celebrate National Girls & Women in Sports Day The Sports Bra and Sport Oregon are teaming up to celebrate National Girls & Women in Sports Day with an event ...
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