Q&A: Summer Classics, Best 'Action' Acting, and Late 70s Silliness
Yay, reader question time! I did two public appearances, with mic in hand, this weekend which is rare for me. First up was the Q&A with David Dastmalchian for the Animals opening at Village East...
View ArticleSex in Recent Music Videos
For The Lusty Month of May, we're looking at sex scene each night. Here's Sebastian... While there is obviously plenty of great sex to be found in film and on TV, another medium has jumped forward...
View ArticleMad Men Series Finale "Person to Person"
EDITOR'S NOTE: Abundant intelligent movie references were what first prompted the "Mad Men at the Movies" series. Though this series finale had no movie references, the great series' best episodes,...
View ArticleCannes Actress: Zhao Tao and Jane Fonda
The latest buzz from Cannes is that the Best Actress race is heating up. Or at least speculation is. Marion Cotillard's Lady MacBeth has yet to screen but those that have seen it early are typically...
View ArticleThe Many Cinematic Lives of Anne Boleyn
479 years ago on May 19th the second and most famous of Henry VIII's six wives, Anne Boleyn, was beheaded. But almost 5 centuries after her death, her life continues to fascinate storytellers. It seems...
View ArticleHBO’s LGBT History: Tidy Endings (1988)
Manuel is working his way through all the LGBT-themed films and miniseries produced and distributed by HBO. Last week we gave a brief overview of the purpose of this small miniseries and we went down...
View Article'some say Link, it is a hunger, an endless aching need...♪'
The Star is TIFF about to get an "In Competition" slate at their annual festival? They've always avoided itPlaybill Sutton Foster visited "The View" and talked Thoroughly Modern Millie and her new show...
View ArticleFor Amélie, Silence is Golden
For The Lusty Month of May, we're looking at sex scene each night. Here's Denny... Our favorite little Parisian pixie, Amélie Poulain, lives a quiet life. She amuses herself by posing silly...
View ArticleThey a-link, damnit! It's a miracle.
The Wrap Maggie Gyllenhaal is "too old" at 37 to play onscreen love of a 55 year old actor? Gross!Empire Juno's mom and daughter Janney & Page reuniting for the comedy TallulahAntagony &...
View ArticleCannes Red Carpet 2: Dystopian Glamour + Illicit Flats
We return to Cannes glamour... NATHANIEL: It has been a full week since the last Red Carpet conversation which is INEXCUSABLE, this being Cannes but the sheer volume of dresses (and I'm not talking...
View ArticleWomen's Pictures - Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette
Who knew a period piece about Marie Antoinette would be Sofia Coppola's most controversial movie? Basically, whether or not you like Coppola's 2006 Marie Antoinette boils down to how you feel about...
View ArticleYNMS: Shaun the Sheep Movie (and more from Aardman)
Tim here. If it’s possible for a little boutique studio with the most self-selecting audience imaginable to engage in a “media blitz” Aardman Animations (creators of Chicken Run and the Wallace &...
View Articlealways the open thread
Whenever I panic at the lack of comments on an entire day's worth of goodies like Cannes beauties, fun movie trailers, and throwbacks to beloved or divisive movies. I think "What is Meryl Streep up...
View ArticleHit Me Amadeus
HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT, our cinematography-loving series, returns from hiatus on June 3rd (just under two weeks from now!). Here are your first three movies so start watchin' em! Spread the word,...
View ArticleWeekend Suggestions - Got Any Plans?
Some people plan weeks in advance but if you're a 'what shall we do this weekend?' last minute type like, my, uh, friend... who never has any firm plans until the last second even on holiday...
View Article1979: Cannes' Golden Fosse and 'All That Jazz'
In honor of the Year of the Month (1979) and this weekend's announcement of the Palme d'Or winner at the Cannes Film Festival, Glenn looks at Bob Fosse's All That Jazz. All That Jazz is my favourite...
View ArticleTim's Toons: Animated Features at Cannes
This week, the Cannes Film Festival was home to the premiere of Inside Out, the new film by Pixar Animation Studios, and one of its best-reviewed pictures. The film is playing out of competition, as...
View ArticleDon't Be Fooled by the Librarian Looks That She's Got...
For The Lusty Month of May, we're looking at sex scene each night. Here's Jose... J.Lo never gets the credit she deserves. She might not be the greatest thespian in the world, but she's still one of...
View ArticleStage Door: "Little Wars"
If I were a blurb whore I might start this article with: "If you liked... Julia (1977), The Children's Hour (1961), The Little Foxes (1941), Corey Stoll & Kathy Bates as Ernest Hemingway &...
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