Rear Window Articles

Giovanni Ribisi, Sigourney Weaver in James Cameron's Avatar (Mark Fellman / 20th Century Fox) AVATAR: #26 at the Domestic Box Office (Inflation Adjusted) If 3D/IMAX premium surcharges were factored in, Avatar would be way further down Box Office Mojo's inflation-adjusted chart. As I've already explained in the comments section of a previous Avatar post, the 3D/IMAX surcharges can add quite a bit to Avatar's overall [...]

James Stewart, Grace Kelly in Rear Window Turner Classic Movies' Grace Kelly series continues this Thursday, Nov. 12, with three of Kelly's biggest hits, all from 1954: Dial M for Murder, Rear Window, and The Country Girl. Kelly, who died in 1982 following a car accident in Monaco, would have turned 80 on Nov. 12. Some consider Dial M for Murder a minor Alfred Hitchcock [...]

Stating the obvious: most people take great pleasure in idealizing their idols — which is why idols are idols. Whether we're talking of gods, saints, prophets, or pop stars, the process is pretty much the same: flaws are expunged, deeds that never took place are turned into (at times miraculous) facts, the Pantheon of the Immortals becomes their abode following their earthly demise. (In some [...]

Thelma Ritter, Grace Kelly, James Stewart in Rear Window Actress Thelma Ritter, who was born on Feb. 14, 1905, in Brooklyn, would have turned 101 years old today. Her film career began rather late — she was 42 when she made her film debut in a small role in The Miracle on 34th Street — but in a few years she was to become one [...]