November 13, 1921: After gaining fame in The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Italian-born leading man Rudolph Valentino mesmerizes female filmgoers as The Sheik. November 19, 1924: Mystery surrounds the death of director Thomas H. Ince. Rumors suggest he was…
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The Aplomb of Herbert Lom
Herbert Lom, perhaps best known as Inspector Clouseau’s long-suffering boss in the Pink Panther films, had a lengthy career on film and TV. “Movie Irv” Slifkin offers a salute to the Czech-born actor.
Read more →‘Quirky’ and Hollywood: Sofia Coppola and Wes Anderson
Guest blogger Sophie Stephenson writes: In Sofia Coppola’s films The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation and Marie Antoinette, themes of troubled adolescence, nostalgia, romance and distanced family relations are present throughout them all. Other aspects which mark her out as…
Read more →A (R)ite of Passage With Your First R-Rated Movie
Remember your first R-rated movie? For young movie fans, it’s a major rite of passage whether you see your first “Restricted” title on the big or small screen. At least it used to be. Who knows what’s going on with those…
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From Johann Strauss to George Gershwin: Music! Music! Music!
The focus of Rhapsody in Blue (1945) is the incredible story and classic music of George Gershwin, whose short life ended at age 39, just a few years before this film was made. The bio-drama from Warner Brothers. stars Robert…
Read more →Create-a-Caption: The Seventh Seal
You know the drill. Below is a classic photo from Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal with Jason’s caption. You’re encouraged to leave your own suggestion in the comment section below!
Read more →True Heroes of Horror: Christopher Lee
Guest blogger The Mike writes: Who is Christopher Lee? Born on May 27, 1922, Christopher Lee has been acting ever since a young age when he played Rumpelstiltskin while attending school in Switzerland. The son of a soldier and a…
Read more →Where There’s Music, There Is Love
Guest blogger Hilary writes: Breathing happens naturally. That’s one bit of good news we have as humans; a solitary effort in life we don’t have to add to our endless list of things to remember. And until we reminded you…
Read more →#OccupyWallStreet Movies, Your Primer of Protest
Holy cow, look at all those people in the streets. You’d think it was the Great Depression! Or the 1960s. Maybe a mixture of both? Some time ago, I offered readers a primer of films designed to illuminate the Tea…
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