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Evelyn Brent and Emil Jannings in the riches-to-rags of “The Last Command” (1928)

Evelyn Brent and Emil Jannings in the riches-to-rags of “The Last Command” (1928)

Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw take the money and run in “The Getaway” (1972), a...

Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw take the money and run in “The Getaway” (1972), a couple-on-the-run noir woven with a uniquely touching thread of true love.

Who knew that the Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #9 (1989) contains Mary Jane Watson in “her...

Who knew that the Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #9 (1989) contains Mary Jane Watson in “her first solo adventure” (“Sweet Revenge”)? Related: The current Amazing Mary Jane ongoing series by Leah Williams (2020) is excellent.

Spider-Man and the Black Cat team-up for a heist in Cat’s first annual by Jed MacKay, Joey...

Spider-Man and the Black Cat team-up for a heist in Cat’s first annual by Jed MacKay, Joey Vazquez, Natacha Bustos, Juan Gedeon, and Brian Reber. (Black Cat Annual #1, 2019, Marvel)

Folk horror from the Soviet Union in the guise of “Viy” (1967), the tale of a Cossack...

Folk horror from the Soviet Union in the guise of “Viy” (1967), the tale of a Cossack seminary student who has to spend three nights locked up with a witch. Not entirely scary, but it has great visuals. Catch it on Shudder!

Valkyrie #1 (Jane Foster) is a homerun. Great dialog, action, story, art, origins… I missed...

Valkyrie #1 (Jane Foster) is a homerun. Great dialog, action, story, art, origins… I missed the run of Jane as Thor (not a fan of Thor for some reason) and skipped “War of the Realms’ entirely, but I loved Brunnhilde/Valkyrie in "Secret Avengers” and “Fearless Defenders,” so I figured I’d give the new Valkyrie a chance. Man, am I glad I did! One of my most memorable comics of the year… (Valkyrie: Jane Foster #1 by Jason Aaron, Al Ewing, C...

Ghost-Spider, the new darker Spider-Gwen, shows off her weird new powers in “Spider-Gwen:...

Ghost-Spider, the new darker Spider-Gwen, shows off her weird new powers in “Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider” #9 by Seanan McGuire, Takeshi Miyazawa, and Ian Herring (Marvel, June 2019)

Chantal Goya and Jean-Pierre Léaud contemplate their opposites in “Masculin Féminin”...

Chantal Goya and Jean-Pierre Léaud contemplate their opposites in “Masculin Féminin” (1966)

Greta Garbo in her last silent film, “The Kiss” (1929)

Greta Garbo in her last silent film, “The Kiss” (1929)

Lon Chaney Jr. escorts his victim (Elyse Knox) in “The Mummy’s Tomb” (1942)

Lon Chaney Jr. escorts his victim (Elyse Knox) in “The Mummy’s Tomb” (1942)