Here at the Scene Stealers corner of Movie FanFare, we try to pay tribute to that large group of often-unsung supporting actors and actresses who rarely received star status or got their name above the title, but still achieved popularity and garnered fans through their performances….
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A Pirate Meets the Thin Man
Guest blogger Andrea Tuccillo writes: So I think maybe I’m a little psychic. Or maybe just super intuitive. Way back in February of last year, I wrote a post about franchises, focusing specifically on The Thin Man series and also referencing…
Read more →MovieFanFiction: Travis & Marty
EXT. NEW YORK CITY STREET—NIGHT The grimy, rain-soaked streets of Lower Manhattan. A YELLOW CAB speeds uptown, passing strip joints, electronics shops, and grindhouse movie theaters on its way to the tonier areas of the city. INSIDE THE CAB The…
Read more →Out of the Past (1947): Movie Review
Guest blogger Dave writes: If you watch only one film from the noir genre in your lifetime, make sure that one film is Out of the Past (1947). Every fundamental element used in the making of a great noir film…
Read more →This Week In Film History, 05.01.11
May 5, 1903: The film world first mines the riches of the literary world with Edwin S. Porter‘s version of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin. May 4, 1934: With a show-stopping performance of “Baby Take a Bow” in Fox’s…
Read more →Movie Poll: Who’s Your Pick For Best Movie Mother?
Death Wish
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! “Christ, the Mets lost again. Just between me & you, Paul, I wish that vigilante guy would…
Read more →Lebanon, PA: Interview with Director Ben Hickernell
The independent film trenches are fraught with war stories. Some have unhappy endings, with directors overwhelmed with the demands they encounter, and the finished film—if it gets completed—sometimes turns out nothing like their original version. One common scenario has a…
Read more →The Rocky Horror Picture Show: 10 Facts About The Movie
Here are 10 trivia facts about The Rocky Horror Picture Show from 1975, which originally appeared as our Mystery Movie Quiz on our Facebook page. There are hundreds of pieces of behind-the-scenes information about this movie. Please feel free to…
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