Julia’s Anti-Valentine’s Movies
April 26, 2025Ah, Valentine’s Day. In elementary school, we were forced to address valentines to everyone in class...
A Dark Matter by Peter Straub
April 26, 2025Novelist Lee Harwell is having breakfast at his favorite Chicago diner when a hostile homeless guy...
William Bibbiani’s Top Three Unconventional Romances for Valentine’s Day
April 26, 2025Or maybe you’re just like me, single on the most romantic night of the year, drowning...
Many Criterion DVDs Going Out of Print: A Lamentation
April 25, 2025Criterion, you are the Pixar of DVD distributors. Every film you release is guaranteed to be...
William Bibbiani interviews writer/producer/director Mick Garris!
April 25, 2025Today, as you may have noticed, is a day of many, many interviews. In addition to...
A CLR EXCLUSIVE Interview… with CLR Film Critic Julia Rhodes!
April 25, 2025Hello everybody, and welcome to the Fourth Wall, in which we California Literary Review film critics...
Welcome to The Fourth Wall, a New CLR Movie Blog
April 25, 2025We're excited about our first blog, The Fourth Wall which will provide a less formal and...
How to fake your way out of seeing this year’s Oscar nominees!
April 24, 2025No, you don’t have to watch The Blind Side. I’ve got your back. This year, for...
Introducing…William Bibbiani!
April 24, 2025While Snowmageddon, Part One raged around us here on the east coast, the amazing and talented...
Video Game Review: Dark Void
April 24, 2025The bad guys are alien robot Nazis (effectively combining every faceless antagonist in videogame history), Will...




