Since we are on this subject . . . I can still hear Sal’s hoarse voice as we stood side by side at urinals at a rest stop on the…
These three young Chinese girls have already mastered the trench squat that is the defacatory posture in much of the world. Readers of these pages will recognize that, owing to…
Remember that old saying about “the sun never sets on the British Empire”? It was true once. But it hasn’t been for a long time and the apt saying today…
Since I first wrote this essay it has obviously done nothing to reduce the scourge of fantasy films. They continue to pour out of Hollywood and elsewhere to thrill…
An angel gets his wings ©RKO Pictures It’s that time of the year again; time for Zu-Zu’s petals. But first, a few words on a related “seasonal” film; one…
YES, IT IS THE SALUTATION OF THE PAGAN, THE INFIDEL, THE HEATHEN, THE ATHEISTIC THAT DOES NOT BELIEVE IT NECESSARY TO CELEBRATE THE MYTHS OF THE BIRTH OF A GOD,…
From my window I am able to see my neighbor’s overly large, but fading and shredding American flag flutter at half-mast, no doubt in reverence of the passage of George…
I will begin with a little confessional. I decided to take a nom de plume—Sébastian Gerard (you already know who I really am)—back in 2004 when I commenced my first…