Matt Baume

Hello! Time once again for this month's Recommendations video, where I share recommendations sent along by fellow Patrons. We've got a heaping helping this month, starting with some responses to last month's question: "Was there a British version of Rock Hudson?" Boy howdy, there sure was. Also! We'

Hello there! In this week's bonus video, we're taking a look at the saucy screen tests that James Dean enjoyed with Paul Newman and Richard Davalos, which seem to reveal what we all suspected: Nobody could stand next to Dean without wanting to pounce on him. Also, we're checking out Sal Mineo's arti

Hello there! We have QUITE the smorgasbord of stories for this week's bonus video. First, an update about the supposed James Dean quote "I'm not a homosexual but I'm not going through life with one hand tied behind my back," and the entire SAGA that it took to figure out if he actually really said t

Oh hello! For this week's bonus video, we're delving into a question that humanity has grappled with for centuries: James Dean, was he gay or WHAT? (Subquestion: Does it matter?) This is a notoriously tricky one to answer, because James (and pretty much everyone he knew) loved to obscure the truth f

Hello there! Time for a new bonus video, and this week we'll be digging deep into the lives of James Dean, Natalie Wood, and Sal Mineo -- all of whom found themselves in real-life situations that were oddly similar to those of their Rebel Without a Cause characters. One of my favorite similarities i

Hello there! In this week's bonus video, we're taking a look at a very unlikely connection between the rom-com Straight Jacket and the sci-fi/horror film Alien. Is one of the crew members trans? Well, that depends on how you look at a very tiny detail in the sequel. Also, we're taking a sneak peek a