Features
SUPERHEROES on the SILVER SCREEN An Origin Story
Perhaps some of these tales of superheroes can light a path for us to find the power within ourselves to effect some change and establish our own identities.
Year: 2011
Columns
Whether It’s Bagels or Bargaining Rights, Union-Busting Attempts Continue
Conservative lawmakers may claim to support job creation for the middle class, but their legislative actions clearly show that destruction of labor unions is also one of their highest goals.
Letters to the Editor
Keeping the History Alive
A letter from Ray Daniels’ long time friend, Stuart Hersh
Features
Superherology
A List of Comic Book Superhero Appearances in Cinema and Television.
Tail Pop
Gus Van Sant’s ‘Good Will Hunting’ (1997)
Will Hunting made a choice to leave his comfort zone and follow his heart to California. He ‘had to go see about a girl.’ At the end of 1997, I too made a choice. I had to go see about Hollywood.
Features
May the Norse be with You:
‘Thor’s’ Paul Rubell
“There is an element of gravitas in Thor that one doesn’t necessarily associate with a movie based on a comic book,and this is juxtaposed with laugh-out-loud humor. The ability to juggle those two tones is one of Kenneth Branagh’s great strengths, and is somewhat unusual for this kind of movie.” – Paul Rubell, A.C.E.
Getting Organized
We Are All Wisconsin
Anti-union zealots attempt to arouse jealousy and to pit one group of employees against another. It’s a distraction from the fact that we’re all in the same boat…and that boat is sinking.
This Quarter in Film History
‘Apocalypse’ Then
Rex Ingram put what became MGM on the map, but ironically, the studio he helped to create was also his undoing.
Union Made
UNION MADE: My Colorful Career
Even though I grew up on black-and-white television, color became my way of life.
Features
Once Upon a Time in the Animated West: ‘Rango’s’ Craig Wood
Gore Verbinski’s longtime collaborator, Australian editor Craig Wood, spoke with CineMontage to discuss how Verbinski’s live-action crew handled the challenges of animation.
