Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret: Rachel McAdams in Oscar-Caliber Performance, Abby Ryder Fortson, Elle Graham, Benny Safdie, Kathy Bates
Rachel McAdams and Abby Ryder Fortson tackled their roles with understated charm that brought Judy Blume’s classic to life and gracefully introduced it to a new generation of readers.
Film Theory: Depicting Good and Evil (Roland Barthes)
The notable French philosopher, Roland Barthes, that “what’s terrible about the cinema is that it make the monstrous viable.”
Enfant Terrible (2020): Oskar Roehler’s documentary, Enfant Terrible, Explores the Turbulent Life and Successful Career of German Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Fassbinder’s contribution to the New German Cinema movement of the 1970s.
Death Becomes Her: Soderbergh Turned Down Directing Black Comedy–“This Is So Far Beyond My Capability”
Soderbergh acknowledged that he was offered a chance to direct “Death Becomes Her,” which would have happened shortly after he scored breakout hit with 1989’s “Sex, Lies, and Videotape.
Death in Hollywood: Oscar Winner Regina King on Suicide of her Only Son, Ian Alexander Jr–“He Didn’t Want to Be Here”
Speaking with Robin Roberts in interview that aired on Thursday, King opened up about both Alexander Jr.’s “choice” to die and the “journey” she’s experienced as she grieves her only child.
River of No Return (1954): Making of Preminger’s Faux Western, Starring Marilyn Monroe in Mediocre Form and Mitchum in Indifferent Mode
River of No Return (1954): Making of Preminger’s Faux Western, Starring Marilyn Monroe in Mediocre Form and Mitchum in Indifferent Mode
King Of The Underworld (1939): Bogart’s Gangster Movie before Becoming Major Star, with Kay Francis and John Eldredge
Humphrey Bogart plays Joe Gurney Bogart, Kay Francis and John Eldredge in “King of the Underworld” King of the Underworld tells the story of two married doctors who get into trouble with the mob. Humphrey Bogart’s Joe Gurney is a typical thug, totally amoral. Romanticizing his criminal lifestyle, he compares himself to Napoleon and believes that […]
Pennies from Heaven (1981): Herbert Ross’ Making of Original, Chilly, Alienating Musical (Depression Era)
Pennies from Heaven (1981): Herbert Ross’ Making of Original, Chilly, Alienating Musical (Depression Era)
Film Theory: Bazin, Andre (French Film Theorist and Critic)–“Genius of the System”
“The American cinema is a classical act, so why not then admire in it what is most admirable–i.e. not only the talent of this and that filmmaker, but the genius of the system.”
Barbie: Photo
Margot Robbie plays the title character, a Mattel doll who takes on toxic masculinity as she discovers a world outside her own.