Whether she was playing a shopgirl, a showgirl, a cowgirl, or anything in between, Barbara Stanwyck was a favorite with movie and TV audiences for over 50 years. Movie FanFare looks at the life and career of the Brooklyn-born actress who, surprisingly, never won a competitive Academy Award.
Read more →Monthly Archives: June 2013
What Is It? Ask Crispin Glover
Because you sure as heck won’t get a definitive answer from me. Here, an account of my two journeys through the singular imagination of Crispin Glover, whose films don’t just break taboos, they scream at them and stomp on them and…
Read more →Create-A-Caption: The Valachi Papers
You know the drill. Below is a classic movie photo with Jason’s caption.You’re encouraged to leave your own suggestion in the comment section below! Reluctant to do it himself, tough mob enforcer Joe Valachiwas quite the baby when it came…
Read more →Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937): Movie Review
Things get magical in today’s guest post, featuring MovieFanFare guest blogger Melanie Simone’s thoughts on one of Disney’s most beloved masterpieces.
Read more →Give ’em The Chair: Favorite Director Portrayals
The amount of movies on filmmaking and filmmakers has sure snowballed over the last generation, and with that in mind, we’re calling for quiet on the set and surveying our favorite depictions of directors, from the real deals to the roman a clefs.
Read more →Which Post-1980 Film Has the Best Wedding Scene?
This week’s Movie FanFare poll continues the nuptial theme, and we’re looking for your pick for the best film wedding scene of the last three decades. Was it The Princess Bride, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Wedding Crashers, or another cinematic ceremony?
Read more →This Week In Film History, 06.16.13
It was exactly 25 years ago this week that the cartoon mainstays of Disney and Warner–and many other old-school animation houses–shared the screen with the effects-laden family hit Who Framed Roger Rabbit? You can toon into the other film landmarks we’ve prepared.
Read more →Hill Valley or Bust: A Journey Back to 1985
Get ready to go Back to the Future with today’s guest post from MovieFanFare reader Craig Pisani.
Read more →Leave ’em Wanting Moore: In Praise of Julianne Moore
For a generation now, this copper-tressed, compact, and compelling performer has been impressing filmgoers with her versatility and craft in a multitude of projects ranging from challenging indie fare to tent-pole crowdpleasers, and we’re looking back at Julianne Moore’s remarkable career.
Read more →The Gritty Cinema Of John Flynn
His name isn’t amongst the most readily identifiable, but director John Flynn turned out some flavorful, down-and-dirty action opuses over a three-decade-plus career in Hollywood. We’re celebrating Rolling Thunder, The Outfit, and more from his resume.
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