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An ongoing series Love this deep dive on the origins of The Beatles’ “I Feel Fine”. Certified musical legend Alan Mencken breaks down his ‘90s Disney movie hits. Lots of fun and goofy designs in this 1956 Fun With Your Typewriter book. Really cool online tool to generate slipcovers for

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More photography here. A trace fossil of a leaf in winter: Are those lights in the sky UFOs? Mufasa? Reflections of the lamppost light from my camera? We’ll never know: A brief respite between snowball fights: One of their favorite chores is cleaning the windows: The entrance overhang at

A list of movie microhistories

There are tons of books about filmmaking and filmmakers, but I have a particular appreciation for books written about just one specific movie. These microhistories (a genre I love) go deep on their film’s influences, development, production, and extended cultural relevance, and through that can tell us a lot

Always time for ‘Sleepytime’

We had time for one Bluey episode before bed, and the first one that popped up on YouTube was Sleepytime. “This is one of my favorite Bluey episodes,” my seven year old said. Dude, same, I thought. It’s not only one of the best episodes of Bluey but also

Favorite Films of 2025

Forget the Oscars—this is the ultimate resource for the best movies of 2025. Here are the 20 films that stuck with me from the last year. (Check JustWatch to see if and where they are available to stream, or your local library for the DVD/Blu-ray. See this list

Papa with his quotes

These days our two year old has taken to saying, "What you say, papa?" To which I reply: “I say that what you say… is what I say.” Which is, of course, from the iconic '90s masterpiece Newsies. This is just one of countless examples of me

you're coming alive to me

I love it when music and movies come alive. Recently I listened to Copeland's new album, Eat, Sleep, Repeat . That album, as well as Jack's Mannequin's Everything In Transit , somehow opened up a new gateway into music and life for me. When I listened