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5 Reasons to Watch Coppola’s THE COTTON CLUB (and 3 reasons not to).

Feb 24, 2016 The Retro Set 1

The other night, my fella suggested we watch Francis Ford Coppola’s The Cotton Club (1984). It seemed like a great idea. After all, we have a canvas print of The Cotton Club hanging in the living room, […]

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Minnie the Moocher (1932)

May 30, 2015 Brandie Ashe 2

“Folks, now here’s a story ’bout Minnie the Moocher … she was a red-hot hoochie-coocher …” With her somewhat inauspicious debut in 1930’s Dizzy Dishes, Betty Boop became the most unlikely of stars. Initially drawn as a […]