Nights of Cabiriaseen on TV @ TCM6.18.12Years ago, I saw a Broadway musical, one of the very few Broadway musicals I've ever seen, called The Life. It was about the old Times Square, centered around a group of pimps and hos and hustlers making their way the only way they know how, hoping to one day escape "the life." It was an ensemble, but if any character was the main one, it was this ho named Queenie who has the most to lose and everything to gain in trying to leave the life behind with her lover - bu... read more »
The Queer Film Blogathon is an event celebrating gay cinema, including its films, its filmmakers and its themes, hosted by Garbo Laughs and Pussy Goes Grrr. For a complete list of participating blogs, click on the links to either site.George Cukor is one of the all-time great Hollywood filmmakers. In a career that spans from the dawn of the sound era all the way into the 70s and even the 80s, his films alternated between the most delightful comedies and the most compelling dramas, and his best ones alway... read more »
A Face in the Crowdseen on TV @ TCM5.31.12Does it really make a difference to you if a celebrity endorses a product? This being America, it's entirely possible that we are subconsciously influenced by them on some level, whether we admit it or not. When I was younger, I wore a Kangol hat because I wanted to look like Run DMC (and I did kinda look like DMC, glasses and all).I understand why it matters to us. Celebrities are popular, glamorous and wealthy. We see them on a stage or on a screen and we want ... read more »
Bernieseen @ Kew Gardens Cinemas, Kew Gardens, Queens, NY5.22.12The first time I noticed Jack Black was in what was perhaps his breakthrough role: as the loudmouth scene-stealer in High Fidelity. Since then, he's grown into one of the many roles Hollywood loves to designate for certain types of actors - in this case, the Funny Fat Man. I've liked him here and there, never really drawn to him in particular as much as who he works with: John Cusack and Stephen Frears in High Fidelity, Peter Jackson in King... read more »
So what are your plans for this Memorial Day weekend? I usually like to head down to Coney Island every year and soak up the sea air and get some munchies at Nathan's (I'm partial to their fries myself - y'know, the ones they give you a tiny little fork with). Going out of town? Barbeque maybe? Let me know in the comments. In the meantime, let's take a look at what's going down in the rest of the film blog world...Retrospace has a way-cool compilation of songs from old sci-fi movies and similarly themed ... read more »
Bells Are Ringingseen on TV @ TCM5.3.12I can't believe I'v gone over a year and a half on this blog without talking about a Judy Holliday movie. I've already expressed my undying love for her in this space, but that's not the same as talking about one of her films. Let's rectify that - but first, I must take a moment to reaffirm my love for this adorable woman.My love for Judy is different than my love for, say, Barbara Stanwyck. Stany was a different kind of actress, and projected a different kind of de... read more »
With the announcement that T.D. Jakes, pastor, author and CEO of TDJ Enterprises, will produce Winnie, starring Jennifer Hudson and Terrence Howard, theres a chance that this art-house film will hit mainstream or not. Reviews have been mixed (http://gu.com/p/323fn), Continue reading read more »
The Searchersseen on TV @ TCM4.10.12Back in the 90s, there was a popular comic book series called Preacher, which Hollywood has been trying to turn into a movie for awhile now, without success. The plot is... rather complicated. What's relevant here, though, is that Jesse, the main character, is a huge John Wayne fan; has been since he was a child. Periodically, throughout the story, what appears to be Wayne's ghost appears to Jesse to offer advice and inspiration when he needs it, a relationship not unl... read more »
A Star Is Born (1937)seen online via YouTube4.4.12Hollywood marriages must seem fleeting and ephemeral to the average moviegoer sometimes. Relationships are forged between actors, or perhaps an actor and a celebrity in another field, last a few years, and then something goes wrong, whatever it may be, and then it's in all the papers. The relationships that stick, that last the longest, tend to be taken for granted, and they're certainly not talked about as much - Brad and Angelina being a notable excepti... read more »
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