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 …
Michelangelo Antonioni
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Betsy Blair, best known for her Academy Award-nominated performance as Ernest Borgnine’s love interest in the 1955 Oscar- and Palme d’Or-winning drama Marty, and for her marriage to Gene Kelly, …
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Il Grido (Movie 1957): Neorealist Antonioni Classic
5 minutes readIl Grido (movie 1957) review: Michelangelo Antonioni’s acclaimed neorealist drama stars an outstanding Steve Cochran. Also in the cast: Alida Valli and Betsy Blair.
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Michelangelo Antonioni: L’Avventura + La Notte Filmmaker
5 minutes readMichelangelo Antonioni, the film master of modern alienation, despair, and ennui, was the third important personage of world cinema to die in the last three days – Ingmar Bergman and …
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Blow-Up (Movie 1966): Antonioni’s ‘Swinging London’ Masterpiece
10 minutes readBlow-Up (movie 1966) review: In his ‘Swinging London’ masterwork, Michelangelo Antonioni questions the perception of reality. David Hemmings and Vanessa Redgrave star.
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Millionaire match made in heaven – or rather, New York City. Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, and Lauren Bacall try to calculate the number of diamonds, cookies, and hunky young men …
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Jane Birkin Style: To Bare or Not to Bare
2 minutes readJane Birkin. Jane Birkin Style: Birkin to direct, write, star in autobiopic According to London’s Sunday Times (May 14), Jane Birkin, “whose career highlights include simulating sex in the song …
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The Other Side of the Street (2004) review: Shades of Alfred Hitchcock and Michelangelo Antonioni in Rio-set Fernanda Montenegro showcase.
Three Colors: Red (1994): Brilliant Trilogy Finale
Three Colors: Red (movie 1994) review: Krzysztof Kieslowski’s brilliant ‘mystical’ romantic drama features outstanding work by Irène Jacob and veteran Jean-Louis Trintignant.
Michelangelo Antonioni movies at LACMA “Modernist Master: Michelangelo Antonioni,” is the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s (website) retrospective honoring the Italian filmmaker, whose body of work includes revered classics …