10 examples of theocracy in movies and TV - from Quo Vadis to His Dark Materials - showcase the authoritarian communion between religion and government.
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Playwright Arthur Miller vs. Red Scare paranoia: The Crucible and the Salem witch hunts demythologize the concept of ‘American exceptionalism.’
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Turner Classic Movies’ 2017 Gay Pride film series comes to a close this evening and tomorrow morning, Thursday–Friday, June 29–30, with the presentation of seven movies, hosted by TV interviewer…
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Robert Mitchum Movies: The Yakuza surprising casting and effectively cast against type in David Lean’s troubled Ryan’s Daughter with Sarah Miles.
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Fred Zinnemann began his career during the studio era, but kept on going, however sporadically, long after most of his contemporaries had retired. Even so, today his name means little…
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Daniel Radcliffe hot after “Oscar snub.” Daniel Radcliffe: Harry Potter vs. the Academy Awards Among recent revelations and assertions ranging from the highly personal to the highly political, Daniel Radcliffe…
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Oscar comebacks: Adrien Brody in Roman Polanski’s The Pianist. Generally speaking, most actors, actresses, and directors either get that once-in-a-lifetime Academy Award nomination, or, if they’re lucky, a couple or…
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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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Paul Scofield in A Delicate Balance with Katharine Hepburn. Benedict Nightingale’s “Paul Scofield: an overlooked acting great” in The [London] Times: “Why didn’t most theatregoers think of Paul Scofield in…
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Ernest Lehman: Screenwriter who specialized in adapting plays into screenplays Though hardly a household name, screenwriter and sometime producer Ernest Lehman worked on some of the best-known Hollywood movies of…
Charlton Heston. Charlton Heston: Moses has his ‘Summer Under the Stars’ day In 1985, Barbara Stanwyck told People magazine, “Whenever I get into trouble on the set [of The Colbys],…
Farrah Fawcett. March 10 update: According to People Online, Farrah Fawcett’s family, friends, and fans have received “an apology” from Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences executive director Bruce…