Bill Cushing reflects on that exemplar of American Cool – Boggie as Rick Blaine.

The American empire ends at the edge of our continent, in California; but that’s where the real empire begins. The silver screen, the celluloid kingdom, Sunset Boulevard. We may not have an epic poem to equal Dante or Milton, but we invented our own new form that’s a combination of image, movement, and sound, which transformed how we understand narrative. Hollywood Forever is where ‘Merica goes to the movies.
Bill Cushing reflects on that exemplar of American Cool – Boggie as Rick Blaine.
Trevor Seigler searches for Charlis Portis, “True Grit” author and the “Southern Salinger.”
Charlie Chaplin is at it again!