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Hit Me With Your Best Shot: "Summertime"
For this week's episode of Best Shot, the collective series in which bloggers are invited to choose their favorite image from a pre-selected movie, we went to Italy for David Lean's Summertime (1955)...
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Red Carpet Convo: My So-Called "Punk"
In Red Carpet Convos, we discuss what the actresses are wearing. Which is really an elaborate excuse (not that we need another) to talk actresses. Today's returning guest is Courtney Enlow Hall from...
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Burning Questions: Great Soundtracks, Lousy Movies
Will people like this soundtrack more than the films it's for?Hey everybody. Michael C. here. Most of the time I try to find a topical question to address in this column, or failing that a universal...
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I Link You and Link You and Link You
You Should Be in Sweden attends the Stanley Kubrick exhibit at LACMA. It ends in June so go see it!JazzT here's another enticing image from the exhibit. Oh Nicole. Any mask you'd like me to wear is...
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Boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into weak adaptations of...
Hi all, Tim here. Like a lot of you, I’ve been waiting on Baz Luhrmann’s brand-new, all-3D, all-CGI version of The Great Gatsby with a kind of curious dread, on the assumption that the no-doubt...
View ArticleGravity. Such a Tease.
I don't have time for a Yes No Maybe So this morning for the Gravity teaser but I'm all YES anyway. And we can wait for a full trailer (though really why can't they leave it at this perfect tease?) for...
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Yes, No, Maybe So: The Butler
abstew here with another edition of "Yes, No, Maybe So". Tonight's trailer of choice Lee Daniels's latest, The Butler. Oh, and please be gentle–it's my first time... When last we caught up with the...
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Yes, No, Maybe So: "August: Osage County"
Oscar-teasing trailers are just like Oscar bait movies: they all come out at the same time. Can't there be a little breathing room? After Captain Phillips warned us that Tom Hanks (and Paul Greengrass)...
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Visual Index ~ Summertime (1955)
When I scheduled Summertime for the "Hit Me..." series I admit I expect a huge drop off in participation due to its lack of any significant or least still-discussed reputation in the careers of David...
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May Flowers: Stage Door
The Calla Lilies Are in Bloom Again... Such a strange flower. Suitable to any occasion. I carried them on my wedding day and now I place them here in memory of something that has died. That line,...
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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Resurrection and the Protocol of Promos
Last night the first promotional photo of the cast from the new Joss Whedon series "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." premiered. And here it is in all its *anonymous* 'glory'... Whedonverse Series #5... Expect...
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A Cluster of Links
articles elsewhereThe House Next Door Aaron Tveit on the riseSalon Jennifer Wright relays the joy and weirdness of tweeting The Great Gatsby line by lineIn Contention Warner Bros will distribute Ryan...
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Posterized: How Many Hepburns Have You Seen?
We end our Katharine Hepburn theme week on The Great Kate's birthday, today! Katharine Hepburn made 43 motion pictures in her 62 years on the big screen. How many have you seen? I've collected the...
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Happy Mothers Day! (What's the Last Movie You Took Your Mother To?)
Did you call your mother yet? I was just talking to mine. Before we hung up, apropos of nothing, she says... I was watching Turner Classic Movies this week. Sometimes I think of you when I watch."...
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Review: "The Great Gatsby"
This review originally appeared in my column at Towleroad "Gatsby. What Gatsby?" Daisy asks with a rush of girlish 'it can't be!' alarm, her nerves far overpowering the tiny glimmer of hope you think...
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P.S. Katharine Hepburn's "Guess Who" Oscar
Andrew here, shining a final light on Katharine Hepburn, a postscript to TFE's generous Katharine Hepburn week despite our host never having been a huge fan. Nathaniel’s write-up on Katharine’s twelve...
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Reader Spotlight: Daniel Massie
We're getting to know The Film Experience community one-by-one. You can read a bunch of past interviews here. Today's "Reader Spotlight" is Daniel, an art student from Scotland. You can follow him on...
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Box Office Big Spenders: Tony Stark vs Jay Gatsby
Excess was in this weekend, the second of the summer movie season despite the slight technicality of Spring having just started. Billionaires Tony Stark and Jay Gatsby were flaunting their expensive...
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Curio: Cumberbitchin'
Alexa here. It's a big week for the Cumberbitches (or Cumbercollective?) out there, with Star Trek Into Darkness opening and his appearance in the first August: Osage County trailer. I can't say I'm...
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First & Last: What Did You Do?
the first & last images or lines from motion pictures the first image after opening titles last lines -Do you know what's going to happen now?-I don't.-I guess I don't either." Can you guess the...
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