Screen Splits

Three from the Early 1980s

The Four Seasons, Shoot the Moon, and The Big Chill.

Jun 28 • 

Michael Weingrad

Five from 1980

Boomers, Yuppies, and other Californians

Jun 5 • 

Michael Weingrad

May 2025

Divorce Horror

The Age of Deuterogamy, part 5

May 2 • 

Michael Weingrad

April 2025

Kramer vs. Kramer

The Age of Deuterogamy, part 4: the Big One. Plus Manhattan.

Apr 15 • 

Michael Weingrad

The Age of Deuterogamy (3)

John Updike's Maples stories, and two movies from 1979

Apr 6 • 

Michael Weingrad

The Age of Deuterogamy (2)

A Jill Clayburgh trilogy

Apr 1 • 

Michael Weingrad

March 2025

The Age of Deuterogamy (1)

Four movies from 1977 to 1979

Mar 25 • 

Michael Weingrad

February 2025

Two from 1976

“I still love that hard-nosed little dumpling!”

Feb 21 • 

Michael Weingrad

January 2025

Hester Street (1975)

Joan Micklin Silver’s Hester Street is an unlikely movie.

Jan 21 • 

Michael Weingrad

The Way We Are

The Way We Were (1973) is a deceitful, even repugnant, movie.

Jan 4 • 

Michael Weingrad

September 2024

1973 – 1975: Reflections on the Counterculture

Seven movies.

Sep 28, 2024 • 

Michael Weingrad

August 2024

The Heartbreak Kid (1972)

Jews and WASPs, then and now.

Aug 26, 2024 • 

Michael Weingrad