Throughout 2020, I’ve had the pleasure of being invited on Ian Simmons’ website “Kicking the Seat” to contribute to his year-long “Reelpolitik” series. Leading up to the…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on the “Kicking the Seat” podcast and YouTube channel talking “A Face in the Crowd” for the ReelPolitik series”

I was approached recently for my second collaboration opportunity with Quality Comix, a successful comic sales website which puts out their own editorial content alongside their marketplace.…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: MEDIA APPEARANCE: Quoted on Quality Comix discussing superhero diversity through “Black Panther””

ANTEBELLUM– 1 STAR Twists and turns be damned, Antebellum is a potent illustration of the discrepancy between a premise, the intellectual seed of every creative film, and…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: MOVIE REVIEW: Antebellum”

(Image courtesy of Netflix) CUTIES (MIGONNES)— 3 STARSFor this critic, there are two telling scenes among many that stand out in Migonnes, now better known as Cuties,…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: MOVIE REVIEW: Cuties (Migonnes)”

(Photo by Parisa Taghizadeh, Courtesy of Screen Media) BLACKBIRD— 3 STARSQuite quickly into Roger Michell’s Blackbird, Susan Sarandon stamps exactly what kind of terminally ill character this…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: MOVIE REVIEW: Blackbird”

(Image courtesy of Netflix) I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS– 2 STARSLet’s take a look at a certain adjective that follows Oscar-winning filmmaker Charlie Kaufman and his films…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: MOVIE REVIEW: I’m Thinking of Ending Things”

Friend of the page Aaron White, co-host of the Feelin’ Film podcast and member of the Seattle Film Critics Society, has reignited his FF+ brand of smaller…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on the “Feelin’ Film” FF+ podcast for “Mulan””

Way back in March, Ian Simmons and I put some Skype video time on his “Kicking the Seat” channel to talk about the 1998 Disney animated film…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on the “Kicking the Seat” YouTube channel talking the new “Mulan””

(Image courtesy of Disney) MULAN— 4 STARS When one looks at the definitions for “trait” and “virtue” they will see similarities and differences. Traits are “distinguishing qualities,”…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: MOVIE REVIEW: Mulan”

Friend of the page Aaron White, co-host of the Feelin’ Film podcast and member of the Seattle Film Critics Society, has reignited his FF+ brand of smaller…… Read more “New from Every Movie Has a Lesson by Don Shanahan: MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on the “Feelin’ Film” FF+ podcast for “The One and Only Ivan” and “Desert One””