Cinecon movies: Uncut version of the pre-Code WWI drama The Eagle and the Hawk and the gender-role-reversal silent The Home Maker.
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Katharine Hepburn in The African Queen. Saturday, Aug. 30, highlights on Turner Classic Movies: Despite the fact that many of her movies were financial – and sometimes critical – flops,…
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Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson in Brief Encounter. Friday, Aug. 22, highlights on Turner Classic Movies (TCM): I’m not all that familiar with Trevor Howard’s career as a star. I’ve…
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Amateur home movies’ stars: Roddy McDowall during the filming of George Stevens’ The Greatest Story Ever Told (top); Norma Shearer on the set of Romeo and Juliet (bottom). Amateur home…
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Blonde Venus (movie 1932) review: Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich Pre-Code melodrama is their best joint effort and the acme of their respective careers. Cary Grant costars.
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Douglas Fairbanks in The Iron Mask. Last Remaining Seats: North by Northwest & Roman Holiday The Los Angeles Conservancy (website) will present the 21st Annual Last Remaining Seats film series…
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Are We Done Yet? (movie 2007) review: Ice Cube stars in Steve Carr’s godawful remake of the 1948 Cary Grant-Myrna Loy hit Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House.
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Glamorous Actresses Carole Lombard and Mae West and Marlene Dietrich + Cecil B. DeMille DVD sets offer rare + racy and historically significant classics.
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Ruth Hussey. Ruth Hussey: 1940s MGM actress remembered Ruth Hussey, a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nominee for George Cukor’s The Philadelphia Story, died at age 93 on April 19…
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (movie 2004) review: As the embodiment of boredom, Bill Murray sinks Wes Anderson’s meandering all-star maritime mis-adventure.
Tony Curtis will talk: Remembering Some Like It Hot co-star Marilyn Monroe, in addition to spouse and co-star Janet Leigh, and spouse and co-star Christine Kaufmann. Tony Curtis will talk: Remembering…
Robert Sterling, the handsome leading man of several 1940s B movies and the star of the TV series Topper, died of natural causes at his home in the Los Angeles…
Four news DVDs focus on Oscar-winning director George Stevens: A tribute to British colonialism; an immigration family drama; and two documentaries, one of which features rare WWII color footage.