Ted Ray remembered: Author Anthony Slide delves into the life and times of the now largely forgotten music hall, radio, and sometime movie comic whom he labels ‘the greatest standup comedian.’
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The Little Mermaid movie box office: Disney’s $250 million 3D live-action reboot had a solid domestic debut – though below expectations. Worse yet, international figures were disappointing.
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TCM Classic Film Festival: Filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Steven Soderbergh, and actor (and sometime director) George Clooney were among the Hollywood celebrities in attendance.
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TCM Classic Film Festival: Angie Dickinson, Ann-Margret and Russ Tamblyn were among the celebrities in attendance, while screenings focused on Warner Bros.’ (official) centenary.
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Alice Guy Blaché: The world’s first woman director is remembered in this q&a with film historian Anthony Slide, who also discusses the republication of her book of memoirs.
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Anthony Slide q+a: The film historian discusses his new anthology book The Truth at Twenty-Four Frames per Second. Topics range from Lillian Gish to Betty White.
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The COVID-19 positive test of actor Robert Pattinson has halted – once again – The Batman while unsettling the already wobbly film industry.
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Frank and Ava movie interview: Frank Sinatra portrayer Rico Simonini discusses the indie drama about singer’s turbulent marriage with Ava Gardner.
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The Women remake: Critics derided + moviegoers were indifferent to writer-director Diane English’s defanged + declawed all-star all-female feminist comedy.
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Magnificent Obsession Book: Movie fans’ outrageous history from Hollywood screenwriters + gay porn actors to coal miner’s sons + D.W. Griffith players.
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Jimmy Edwards: Conservative gay British comic known for spanking schoolboys with his cane in TV series + later outed is discussed with biographer Slide.
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‘Under the Volcano’ screening: John Huston’s ‘quality’ comeback starring daring Albert Finney As part of its John Huston film series, the UCLA Film & Television Archive will be presenting the…
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Crime Novel classic remembered: Everywoman heroine with typical bourgeois values but an unusual black housekeeper ally + straight and gay movie versions.
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Antihero Ricardo Cortez: Best movies and roles during Pre-Code and silent eras + Oscar-Winning Cinematographer brother Stanley Cortez.
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How to Be a Latin Lover: Ricardo Cortez leading ladies and marriage to drug-addicted Hollywood star plus directing Dalton Trumbo socially conscious drama.
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Latin Lover Ricardo Cortez was 2nd Valentino and 1st (and best) Sam Spade: Interview with biographer re: actor who worked with Griffith, DeMille + Capra.
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Cannes Winners Diane Kruger and Sofia Coppola Oscar Chances + bypassed but potential awards season contenders from Michael Haneke to Robert Pattinson.
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Cannes Winners vs Oscar Nominations: Joaquin Phoenix and AIDS Drama that made Pedro Almodóvar sob plus rare Swedish Palme d’Or winner chances?
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Frances Dee movies: From ‘An American Tragedy’ to ‘Four Faces West’ Frances Dee began her film career at the dawn of the sound era, going from extra to leading lady…
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Comediennes of the Silent Era and Film Historian Anthony Slide at American Cinematheque as reminder of cinema’s largely forgotten pioneering women.
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Danielle Darrieux in ‘La Ronde.’ Film icon Danielle Darrieux turns 100: Longest ‘star career’ in movie history? Screen legend Danielle Darrieux is turning 100 today, May 1. In all likelihood,…
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Comedy Actress Rediscovered: She Could Be Chaplin! But could she really? Interview with film historian Anthony Slide about rare female silent movie comedian.
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2016 Movies: Isabelle Huppert as the year’s Emmanuelle Riva while widely acclaimed gay film among NSFC winners plus honoring cinema’s black pioneers.
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Rebecca 1940: Alfred Hitchcock Oscar Winner starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine returns to Brazil – place of plagiarism controversy.
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Die Nibelungen: Siegfried and Kriemhild’s Revenge (movie 1924) review: Semi-historical Fritz Lang epic fantasy is a cinematic masterpiece. Paul Richter stars.
The first women filmmakers are the topic of Anthony Slide’s book The Silent Feminists. In a q&a with Alt Film Guide, the author and film historian discusses Weber, Arzner et al.
Film historian Anthony Slide discusses the frenzied and once hugely popular ‘everyman’ British comedian Arthur Askey, who has finally become a biographical subject.
Movie Buff: Author Anthony Slide discusses neglected area in film history – the humorous and/or tragic lives and times of film fanatics + collectors.
Roy Rogers Under Western Stars: Subversive Singing Cowboy Western still relevant in this age of special interests in government and climate change threat.
‘Making Love’: Groundbreaking romantic gay drama returns to the big screen As part of its Anniversary Classics series, Laemmle Theaters will be presenting Arthur Hiller’s groundbreaking 1982 romantic drama Making…
Alien: Covenant (movie 2017) review: An outstanding Michael Fassbender (in a dual role) costars in Ridley Scott’s creepy thriller that recaptures some of the original’s horror.
Christian Movies: Religious propaganda or mainstream entertainment? Especially since American cinema has always had major Judeo-Christian slant.