"Cyrano is one of the most romantic movies ever made, but it’s not quite a traditional love story in that nobody really finds true love in it. It’s all evasion, heartache, yearning. This is the romance of hidden thoughts and desires, of urges barely spoken (but often unabashedly sung), of a sweet pain we all secretly... Continue Reading →
Note: This entry and the accompanying single were supposed to come out on New Years '21 - a sort of Prohibition-era vibe - but for various reasons that didn't happen. Now here we are, past the first quarter, but the kind of quarter it's been makes this feel even more appropriate. In 1980, John Huston... Continue Reading →
Full disclosure: I’ve never really liked “The Little Matchgirl” as a story title. It sounds diminutive and sentimental and tailor-made for someone's romanticized notion of a quintessential “girl-child.” That said, HTV’s The Little Matchgirl (1986) is bursting with things that that title would never suggest. As much as a made-for-TV movie musical can be, it’s... Continue Reading →
The Sold Kingdom 