Joseph PrywellerDec 18, 20206 minKEY LARGO: A STORM BREWS INSIDE USKey Largo doesn't take long to find its hard noir core. The classic Bogie-Bacall picture from 1948 stashes the main characters in a rumpl...
Joseph PrywellerNov 16, 20206 minTHE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES: DISILLUSION AND THE RETURNING VETThe war is over in the Pacific. Three servicemen are returning home. They bum a ride together on an Air Force transport plane, sitting in...
Joseph PrywellerOct 30, 20205 minNEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS: OVERCOMING THE OBSTACLESThere is a scene midway through Eliza Hittman's soul-provoking new movie Never Rarely Sometimes Always that is wrenching in its simplicit...
Joseph PrywellerMay 25, 20206 minThe Lessons of Network in a Post-Modern WorldGo ahead, open up the window, stick out your head and say it three times loud: I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore! Does...
Joseph PrywellerMay 10, 20205 minTHE GRADUATE: THE SOUNDS OF LONELY SILENCEIt is a movie about choices, the wrong ones and the right ones and what do when you're not certain which are which. It is a movie about l...
Joseph PrywellerApr 25, 20204 minLEAVE NO TRACE: MOVIES OF ISOLATIONThis occasional series will look at overlooked films on popular streaming services -- Amazon Prime, Hulu and Netflix -- that are well wor...
Joseph PrywellerMar 14, 20205 minGROWING UP UNLOVED: MOVIES OF REBELLIONRebel Without a Cause really gets the heart beating when the world is blown to bits. In an iconic scene near the beginning of the movie, ...
Joseph PrywellerMar 7, 20204 minWINE, ROSES AND WHISKEY Addiction, in the form of mental illness and recovery, is a powerful reminder of the weakness in all of us and our sometimes-lethal attra...