Playwright Arthur Miller vs. Red Scare paranoia: The Crucible and the Salem witch hunts demythologize the concept of ‘American exceptionalism.’
Danielle Darrieux in ‘La Ronde.’ Film icon Danielle Darrieux turns 100: Longest ‘star career’ in movie history? Screen legend Danielle Darrieux is turning 100 today, May 1. In all likelihood,…
Danièle Delorme: Pioneering woman director Jacqueline Audry’s muse would eventually become a pioneering female movie producer. Remembering pioneering woman director’s muse and pioneering woman producer Danièle Delorme Danièle Delorme, who…
Catherine Deneuve: Best Actress César Award ‘record-tier’ for ‘In the Courtyard,’ with Oleg Kupchik and Big Dog. Catherine Deneuve: César Award Best Actress Record-Tier (See previous post: “Kristen Stewart &…
Jean Kent in ‘Madonna of the Seven Moons.’ Jean Kent: British film star and ‘Last of the Gainsborough Girls’ dead at 92 News outlets and tabloids – little difference these…
Vivien Leigh. Vivien Leigh: Legendary ‘Gone with the Wind’ and ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ star would have turned 100 today Vivien Leigh was perhaps the greatest film star that hardly…
Patrice Chéreau and Queen Margot star Isabelle Adjani. Patrice Chéreau dies: French director best known for ‘Queen Margot’ & gay-related dramas Screenwriter, sometime actor, and stage, opera, and film director…
Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe Movies Turner Classic Movies, Saturday, Aug. 5 6:00 AM THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950) A gang of small time crooks plots an elaborate jewel heist. Director: John…
Clara Bow, Mantrap: The Silent Era’s “It Girl.” What do Andrei Tarkovsky, Edward G. Robinson, Clara Bow, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Audrey Hepburn have in common? Easy. They’ll all be…
Death in the Garden with Simone Signoret and Georges Marchal. I hadn’t even heard of Death in the Garden before its recent DVD release on the Microcinema label. It ranks…
Honorary Award non-recipient Marlene Dietrich. Honorary Award: Academy ‘snubbed’ Gloria Swanson & Rita Hayworth + Marlene Dietrich & dozens of other women (See previous post: “Honorary Oscars: Doris Day &…
Production designer J. Michael Riva. Marlene Dietrich Grandson J. Michael Riva, Robert Clatworthy, and Harper Goff: Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame 2014 Production Designers Robert Clatworthy, Harper Goff, and…
Curtis Harrington, best known as the director of numerous stylized horror films, died on Sunday evening, May 6, at his Hollywood Hills home. Harrington had never fully recovered from a…