The entertainment world is still mourning the passing last week of award-winning actor, director, and producer Robert Redford at 89. With a career on the stage, TV, and film which strecthed from his 1959 Broadway debut to a cameo…
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show’s US theatrical debut in September of 1976 wasn’t quite what 20th Century-Fox hoped for. Okay, let’s be Frank (no pun intended); the film tanked. Its sole bright spot was at Los Angeles’ UA Westwood Theater,…
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It was 50 years ago this month that The Rocky Horror Picture Show held its U.S. premiere in Los Angeles after an August London opening. Based on Richard O’Brien’s stage play The Rocky Horror Show and directed by Jim Sharman,…
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He was part of a generation of film actors (Warren Beatty, Steve McQueen, Burt Reynolds, et al.) who came to prominence in the 1960s. But even when he reigned as Hollywood’s most popular leading man, Robert Redford wanted something more….
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¡Hola! Tomorrow is September 16, which marks Mexican Independence Day (not on Cinco de Mayo, as many Americans think). MovieFanFare would like to raise a glass to toast our southern neighbors and asks you which film set south of…
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Actress Polly Holliday died from pneumonia September 9th in Manhattan, New York City. She was 88. Holliday was best known for her role as Florence Jean “Flo” Castleberry in the 1976-85 TV series Alice. The sitcom was based on Martin Scorsese’s…
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Where would we be without comfort food? It provides us with solace through grief, reminds us of treasured people in our lives, and just makes us feel content. Movies can also do the same. They can evoke a specific…
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The weather’s turning cooler, the leaves are changing color, and the kids are all back in school. Another fall is just about here. And in the increasingly irrelevant world of broadcast network television, that means it’s time to introduce…
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A wheelchair-bound ex-Nazi scientist; a womanizing concert pianist; an Indian actor dreaming of Hollywood stardom; a childlike gardener obsessed with television; and, of course, a bumbling French police detective. These were just a few of the many diverse yet always…
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SPOILER ALERT!: This article reveals and discusses the climaxes to several classic TV series. You have been warned. With And Just Like That coming to an end after three seasons, it seems like a good time to look at other…
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