In Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s ‘best bad movie,’ The Barefoot Contessa, Ava Gardner exudes a magnetic - and underrated - mix of glamour and charisma.
Anna Magnani in Rome, Open City, known in the U.S. as Open City. ‘Rome, Open City’ returns: 4K digital restoration of Roberto Rossellini masterpiece at London’s BFI Southbank A restored…
Roger Ebert. Roger Ebert: Pulitzer winner, TV star-critic, humanistic Twitter voice has died Roger Ebert, probably the best known movie critic in the United States, died earlier today in Chicago,…
Moebius’ art. Moebius a.k.a. Jean Giraud has died Comics artist Jean Giraud, a.k.a. Moebius, died at age 73 on March 10. According to the Los Angeles Times obit, the Parisian-born…
Some will remember Dino De Laurentiis, who died in Los Angeles at age 91, as the producer of Serpico (1973), King Kong (1976), and Dune (1984). The Sidney Lumet-directed Serpico,…
Anthony Steffen biography cover (top); Anthony Steffen in The Last Tomahawk with Daniel Martin. Anthony Steffen may be a name best remembered by Spaghetti Western aficionados, but in his day, from the…
Bruce La Bruce’s underground feature Super 8½ is a chaotic, overlong Citizen Kane + Federico Fellini + explicit gay sex mélange.
‘The Shifting Fog’ a.k.a. ‘The House at Riverton’ book cover featuring 1930s and 1940s Hollywood actress Miriam Hopkins. Kate Morton ‘The Shifting Fog’ book cover featuring (unbilled) Hollywood star Miriam…
Contemplative Woody Allen comedy Stardust Memories is one of the most profound films ever. Charlotte Rampling + Marie-Christine Barrault costar.
Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard in Mutiny on the Bounty 1962: Veteran director Lewis Miletone bypassed. Previous post: Biggest Oscar Snubs: Michael Nyman for The Piano, Lee Smith for Inception,…
8½ with Marcello Mastroianni: Federico Fellini 1963 classic stars his alter ego. In conjunction with its exhibition “Fellini’s Book of Dreams” – which is definitely worth a visit – the…