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Happy Valentine’s Day! As a gift to you, I made some classic movie-themed e-cards inspired by the Tumblr meme valentines that have been taking over the internet over the past year or so. Feel free to download and share with the movie fans who hold your heart. Charlie Chaplin’s “Li read more

I spent Valentine’s Day with the devil on a train to Hell. No, that’s not a euphemism for a relationship gone sour. It’s the plot of HELL-BOUND TRAIN, a newly restored silent rarity that screened today at Film Forum in New York City. Sunday’s double feature was the first in the downtown Manhattan read more

Director Tim Burton’s beautiful Big Fish was shut out of all Oscar nominations in 2004 but for original score (which it didn’t win). The director’s work is often dismissed as creative, but too weird, or lovely, but lacking in feeling. The same critiques, by the way, the Coen brothers and Wes Anders read more

Lesley Gaspar of Second Sight Cinema is hosting a Valentine's Day treat for us all, the A Kiss is Just a Kiss blogathon devoted to our favourite film kisses.  Click HERE for the contributions. John Ford's Rio Grande, released by Republic Pictures in 1950 was the first onscreen teaming of read more

Director Tim Burton’s beautiful Big Fish was shut out of all Oscar nominations in 2004 but for original score (which it didn’t win). The director’s work is often dismissed as creative, but too weird, or lovely, but lacking in feeling. The same critiques, by the way, the Coen brothers and Wes Anders read more

O Brasil e o Oscar – ou a traumática falta dele O Brasil pode ter muitas coisas de que se orgulhar: linda natureza, animado carnaval, povo simpático, biodiversidade incrível, cinco títulos de Copas do Mundo. Mesmo assim, o povo ainda amarga uma questão: não temos nenhum Oscar. read more

A kiss is just a kiss. True, but it depends on whether you are the kisser or the kissee or - as are we movie-goers, an observer. Now, kisser and kissee could be steamy and passionate... Or, they could be innocent and chaste. As a kisser (or kissee) I shall keep my preferences to my s read more

While many silent film stars struggled, or chose to retire at the dawn of the talkies, a stream of stage stars descended on Hollywood to pick up the slack. These performers had to tone down their act and stop projecting to the back row, but they were  for the most part confident speaking, and s read more

“Walter Brennan became an archetype, not a stereotype,” which explains author Carl Rollyson’s title “A Real American Character.” Brennan was best known for playing old coots, seguing from starring as a loveable drunks in To Have and Have Not (1944) to becoming America&# read more

A Yank in Libya (1942) 2/8/2016 0 Comments   "I say,  Mr. Malone,  in this country, Allah is more important than a headline" Synopsis: A YANK IN LIBYA begins with a chase. A wise-cracking, hard read more

A Yank in Libya (1942) 2/8/2016 0 Comments   "I say,  Mr. Malone,  in this country, Allah is more important than a headline" Synopsis: A YANK IN LIBYA begins with a chase. A wise-cracking, hard read more

There are times when eating is simply about fueling up the body for whatever is to come next. Then there are those other times… Juzo Itami’s Tampopo is a film that never forgets the sensual side of food and eating. The movie takes its name from that of its heroine, who runs a roadside ra read more

“Walter Brennan became an archetype, not a stereotype,” which explains author Carl Rollyson’s title “A Real American Character.” Brennan was best known for playing old coots, seguing from starring as a loveable drunks in To Have and Have Not (1944) to becoming America&# read more

  Gloria Talbott was a popular actress during the 1950’s and 60’s with over a hundred film and television credits during her career.   Gloria Talbott was born February 7, 1931 in Glendale in Los Angeles County, California, a city co-founded by one of her grandfathers. Her sist read more

In the last Covering Comics column (#14), I did a spotlight feature on the covers of Artist Neal Adams, and at the end I noted that Mr. Adams is still doing occasional work in comics, though most of the time now he’s concentrating on illustrating mini-series which he is also writing. As it tur read more

Kristina from Speakeasy and Ruth from Silver Screening are actually hosting, from Feb 1st to Feb 5, 2016, the O Canada Blogathon. Of course, as being a Canadian myself (from Montreal, Quebec), I couldn’t say no to that! All participants are writing about Canadian movies, movies that take plac read more

  The Oscars: A Time to Talk ….. Finally it’s here! February always seems to be Movies Lovers’ favorite time of year. And why, some of you may be asking… Well, it’s simple:  The Oscars. Yes, it’s that time of year when Hollywood votes on what they deem the most ambitious read more

Often used as the poster child for the pitfalls of Hollywood, Jeanne Eagels has a tragic story commonly associated with the blondes of Tinsel Town; considering Eagels’ prolific career on the stage and in the early decades of Hollywood, she might be the origin of the stigma. Authors Tara Hanks read more

  When asked by gossip columnist Earl Wilson if she had ever been mistaken for a man on the phone (due to her deep husky voice), Tallulah Bankhead replied, “No, have you?”     “I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That’s what I call a libera read more

A newspaper editor gleefully awaits the big news of the death of billionaire Jonathan Reynolds (Charles Laughton), a story that is sure to feed the paper for weeks. While he impatiently grumbles about the old man delaying the inevitable, in a dark, quiet mansion, the great Mr. Reynolds lies on his d read more