The holidays are almost upon us, so I decided to curl up with my dog Sasha and watch a 1951 festive Christmas movie. Titled The Painted Hills, this western tells the story of two gold prospectors on ...

There are movies about good dogs (Lassie, Benji, etc.) and bad dogs (Cujo, White Dog, and so on), but it’s hard to accomplish both in the same picture. Hungarian director Kornel Mundruczo begins White ...

Lassie and The New Yorker have a long history. In 1948, at the height of the HUAC era, Lillian Ross wrote about Lassie’s role as Hollywood’s most bankable star, untroubled by political affiliation or ...

Q asked readers to give Lassie a new TV gig, borrowing from current TV shows. Boy were we barking up the right tree. Top three entries win dog treats. First place: “West Wing Doghouse.” Episode 1: ...

Uh oh, Timmy’s stuck in the well again. How did he fall in this time? Go get help, Lassie! Not to ruin things for you, but all those jokes about Timmy falling down the well, and Lassie having to save ...