Ava Gardner in The Barefoot Contessa: Glamour and charisma mix that should be better appreciated. As former nightclub dancer Maria Vargas, Gardner discovers that the life of a noblewoman isn’t…
William Cameron Menzies. William Cameron Menzies movies on TCM: Murderous Joan Fontaine, deadly Nazi Communists Best known as an art director/production designer, William Cameron Menzies was a jack-of-all-trades. It seems…
Howard Hughes movies: The Aviator with Leonardo DiCaprio. Howard Hughes movies Turner Classic Movies will be showing the Howard Hughes-produced, John Farrow-directed, Baja California-set gangster drama His Kind of Woman,…
‘What Is the Tea Party?’Morgan Freeman accuses far-right Republican group of racism: ‘Dolphin Tale’ Box Office Affected? Morgan Freeman, Best Supporting Actor Academy Award winner for Million Dollar Baby, accused…
Howard Hughes: Billionaire spent a number of years in Hollywood. If all goes as planned, Warren Beatty will be the next big-screen Howard Hughes, following The Aviator‘s Leonardo DiCaprio. In…
Warren Beatty in Dick Tracy with Madonna. June 22 update: Warren Beatty used to be known as a Ladies’ Man. Before Annette Bening, there were stories about Natalie Wood, Leslie…
George Eastman House movie ‘The Reckless Moment’: Crime drama with James Mason and Joan Bennett. George Eastman House movies: Max Ophüls dramas ‘The Reckless Moment’ and ‘Caught’ Located in Rochester,…
Eugène Lourié homage: Adrienne Corri (Mrs. Alexander in A Clockwork Orange) in Jean Renoir’s 1951 drama The River. The Art Directors Guild (ADG) Film Society and the American Cinematheque (AC)…
As the title implies, BearManor Media’s The History of Independent Cinema covers the century-long development of – American – filmmaking outside the big-studio lots. Now, who were those independents? Well,…
Master and Commander movie: Russell Crowe in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Peter Weir’s 2003 Best Picture nominee Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World…
The Aviator movie with Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes: Bizarre billionaire bloated biopic. The Aviator movie review: Leonardo DiCaprio is excellent – but not as Howard Hughes Imagine Citizen Kane…
Guild Awards: Best Film vs. Best Director split goes on unabated. This awards season, many groups selected one Best Picture – e.g., The Aviator – while opting for another in…
Brad Bird’s animated Pixar hit The Incredibles – on its way to becoming one of the year’s biggest blockbusters in the global market – is one of 11 titles eligible…
Leonardo DiCaprio: Will the Titanic, Gangs of New York, and The Aviator actor next be seen on the big-screen as a 1930s gangster or as a Federal Bureau of Investigation…