After gaining fame as an MGM child star, Elizabeth Taylor blossomed into an Oscar-nominated leading lady in the 1950s. To mark what would have been her 83rd birthday this week, our poll invites you to vote for your favorite of Liz’s ’50s films.
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This Week in Film History: 2/22/15
It was 75 years ago this week that Gone with the Wind blew away the Oscar competition with nine wins, including a historic Best Supporting Actress award for Hattie McDaniel. There are more award-worthy anniversaries for you to enjoy inside.
Read more →Suppose There Was a Best Comedy Academy Award…
Would having a Best Comedy/Musical category enhance or dilute the Oscars? MovieFanFare looks at the idea of splitting the Best Picture Academy Award in two and offers an alternate history of which films would have won from 1928 to the present. .
Read more →My Favorite Martin Scorsese Pictures
Martin Scorsese isn’t just one of my favorite movie directors; he’s one of my movie heroes. Here are five of his pictures that are never far from my mind.
Read more →Lizabeth Scott: FIlm Noir’s Blonde Bombshell
Her sultry look and smoky voice made her a natural film noir femme fatale, yet major stardom always seemed to be just out of her reach. MovieFanFare looks back at the life and career of actress Lizabeth Scott, who passed way last month at 92.
Read more →Six Pix: Not Presidents
Today may be Presidents’ Day, but any resemblance between former chief executives and the names in the sextet of movie posters Jason assembled here is purely coincidental. Take a look and tell us which one you feel is the most “presidential.”
Read more →What’s Your Favorite Sidney Poitier Film Role?
Sidney Poitier turns 88 this week, so our latest MovieFanFare poll salutes the Oscar-winning actor by asking for your top Poitier screen role. Which performance–The Defiant Ones, Lilies of the Field, In the Heat of the Night and more–is your favorite?
Read more →This Week in Film History: 2/15/15
Swedish moviegoers were able to shake off their winter blues and enjoy Ingmar Bergman’s latest work, The Seventh Seal, 58 years ago this week. Cheer up, film fans: there are more notable cinematic anniversaries waiting for you inside.
Read more →Happy Friday the 13th and Valentine’s Day from MovieFanFare!
Some cynics might call this the perfect weekend: a Friday the 13th followed by Valentine’s Day. Here at MovieFanFare, we look at it as the perfect chance to ask for your thoughts on the most romantic horror flick and most downbeat love film.
Read more →No Valentines for Midge: Romance Cinema’s Third Wheels
For a pre-Valentine’s Day treat, we’re offering this classic look at some classic love triangle movies–Gone with the Wind, Vertigo, Pretty in Pink, the Twlight films and more–as seen by the guys and gals who wound up on the outside looking in.
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