The Queue Archives

The Queue is an oft-recurring column in which Meg Shields provides you with a distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web.

The ‘Silence of the Lambs’ character is one of the most complex characters ever put on screen.

Here’s what the ninth installment of the ‘Crayon Shin-chan’ series can teach us about the pitfalls and limitations of nostalgia.

Here’s how ‘Stranger Things’ conveys its genre-blend in its pitch deck, in the script, and on the screen.

Here’s why James Gandolfini’s performance as Tony Soprano is one of the greatest ever committed to the small screen.

Vibrant, lively: here’s why ‘The Red Shoes’ packs a visual punch all these years later.

Bone up on your proto-slasher history. Here’s the forgotten legacy of ‘The Town that Dreaded Sundown.’

During the shooting of Ridley Scott’s ‘Legend,’ the famous “James Bond Set” at Pinewood Studios caught fire.

Sure the Thing can absorb other life forms but did you know it can also carry a tune?

Here’s the story of why Nicolas Roeg decided not to use David Bowie’s proposed soundtrack for ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’.

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