In Memoriam

Marisa Berenson and Ric Menello, February 2013. Photograph by Mel Neuhaus. I never had the privilege of meeting the cinephile and cineaste Ric Menello, who died on March 1 at…

The above image is from the magnificent, endlessly upsetting 1998 Khrustalyov, My Car, which may well be the last completed film by this now-departed master. I wrote at a little length…

Here's a clip from a documentary in which the musician recalls an appearance on The Old Grey Whistle Test, followed by a rendition of "May I?" by his incredible Whole…

Miyuki Kuwano and Yusuke Kawazu, Seishun zankuko monogatori (Cruel Story of Youth), 1960. 

Carey, left, bringing up baby with Pedro Armendáriz, and John Wayne, in 3 Godfathers, John Ford, 1948.  From Carey's 1994 memoir Company Of Heroes: My Life As An Actor In…

Collins, Jimmy Carl Black, Pamela "Suzy Creamcheese" Zarubica, Frank Zappa, and Don Preston, London, circa 1968.  Collins was the primary voice of The Mothers Of Invention in their first incarnation,…