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Laura (1944): Haunted by Dopes
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Nov 11, 2024
**Spoilers coming** Laura is a curious film. I always think of it as the male gaze on steroids, as we know so little of the heroine apart from the versions we get from the men who surround her: the portrait artist, the boyfriend, the best friend and the cop. All are obsessed with her, and all want t read more
Silly Scenes: Joe vs. the Volcano
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Nov 4, 2024
Today I’m starting a new series for this blog for all of us who haven’t slept in months and fear we won’t for some time: Gloriously Silly Scenes. We all need some sweetness and light right now, and luckily for all of you, I have been self-medicating on fluffy joy in movie form sinc read more
Great Femme Fatales: Amy of Gone Girl
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Aug 8, 2024
Join us for our final femme fatale of the season: Amy from Gone Girl! read more
Glenn Close’s Most Stunning Role
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jul 25, 2024
Episode 2 of the femme fatales season of Nobody Knows Anything is up!! Dangerous Liaisons, a film that pits the dueling wits of Glenn Close and John Malkovitch against each other in a fight over love and power . . . . and also, Keanu Reeves is there, being strangely perfect in eighteenth-century dre read more
Chatting about Leave Her to Heaven
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jul 11, 2024
My new podcast season on femme fatales with Brian Wilkins and Michael Gutierrez releases today, and we begin with one of my favorite films, Leave Her to Heaven. We chat about the strange canoe launch that begins the film, Tierney’s impossible beauty, the unfathomable hero–who wanted to m read more
Femme Fatales Podcast Series….
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jul 1, 2024
Nobody Knows Anything, returning soon! read more
Van Heflin’s Surprising First Role
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 19, 2024
The first time you see Van Heflin (Lord Gerald Waring Gaythorne) in A Woman Rebels (1936), his debut role, you do a double take. I had to look closer, to make sure it was indeed Van Heflin and not Leslie Howard. A word I never thought I’d apply to him is slight. He’s quite slender in it read more
Oscar Tribute: The Noms They Got Right
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Mar 10, 2024
I’ve ranted about the films I didn’t watch–and didn’t want to–but three of the films nominated for Oscars this year are great films. NO spoilers. American Fiction. Clever, funny, and original, this satire/dramedy delivers genuine laughs while also addressing heartbreak. read more
Oscar Rant, Part 3: Flower Moon’s Many Missteps
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Mar 4, 2024
Spoilers–but not as many as Scorsese’s I knew I would struggle to warm to Martin Scorsese’s interpretation of a well-loved book. Killers of the Flower Moon is a heartbreaking, fascinating page turner. And it is a history book. I stayed up till 4 am to finish it. What I didn’t read more
Oscar Rant, Part II: Barbie
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Feb 26, 2024
I walked into Barbie with sky-high expectations. I had been tracking the career of its co-screenwriter (and Greta Gerwig’s spouse) Noah Baumbach since 1995’s Kicking and Screaming played on my VCR in college. My roommates and I–and my sister–had fallen deeply and completely i read more
My Oscar Rant, Part 1: Snark
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Feb 19, 2024
It’s that time again–my chance to rant about the films that shouldn’t have been nominated and moan about better films that weren’t. Next time, I’ll discuss Oscar nominees I loved or at least liked. But for this post, I’m going to embrace the snark. Past Lives. If read more
The 10 Funniest Xmas Movies
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Dec 22, 2023
In no particular order except for #1, my favorite to rewatch: 1. The Ref (1994). The non-sentimental xmas movie I love most. The real question is who is the funniest here: Denis Leary, who has taken a family hostage? Judy Davis and Kevin Spacey, as The War-of-the-Roses-worthy combatants who make us read more
The Charming Shop Around the Corner
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Dec 14, 2023
Last month, I wrote about Jimmy Stewart playing a monster in Vertigo. It seems only fair that I cover one of his gentlest roles next, that of lovelorn salesman Alfred Kralik in holiday favorite The Shop Around the Corner (1940). For those unfamiliar with the film, it was later remade as the horrible read more
Vertigo’s Beast: Jimmy Stewart (1958)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Nov 6, 2023
Spoilers abound. I love a good casting against type. That’s why Scottie in Vertigo is so disarming: It’s creepy to find America’s aw-shucks sweetheart, Jimmy Stewart, playing a villain. Of course, not all of Stewart’s parts are sugary; he was a murderer in The Thin Man series. He was a professor read more
Casting The Thin Man Remake
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Oct 16, 2023
Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie are discussing a remake of The Thin Man, which has its longtime fans abuzz. While many ingredients are essential to an effective remake, the most important step is to take inspiration from the original pairing–cast the unexpected. After all, William Powell and Myrna read more
The File on Thelma Jordan
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Oct 6, 2023
The File on Thelma Jordan isn’t a noir of same caliber as Barbara Stanwyck’s more famous films. It’s not Double Indemnity, or Sorry, Wrong Number or even The Strange Love of Martha Ivers. But with Stanwyck as a femme fatale, you know you’re going to enjoy yourself. ***Slight read more
Burning (2018): Eerie Film Noir
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Sep 25, 2023
Burning (2018) is the kind of film that rides on a great premise: Guy meets and falls for elusive girl. He loses elusive girl to rich guy. Elusive girl disappears. Is she just following her elusive nature, or did rich guy do her in? None of the characters but the rich guy–Ben (Steven Yeun)R read more
Bergman’s Weird Wife in Stromboli
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Aug 28, 2023
I’ve always been curious about the film that united director Roberto Rossellini and actress Ingrid Bergman in their illicit romance. How red-hot would an affair have to be to lead to a public censure in the US Senate and a six-year ostracism from Hollywood? I was prepared for something akin t read more
The Stunning Talent in Stormy Weather (1943)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Aug 13, 2023
How ridiculous is the amount of talent in Stormy Weather (1943)? You’ve got Fats Waller and Ada Brown performing “That Ain’t Right,” a scene that obviously inspired Aretha Franklin’s “Think” in The Blues Brothers (1980). My favorite lines in a hilarious ca read more
The 8 Movie Characters I’d Bring to See Barbie
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Aug 6, 2023
If I could bring any film characters with me to the Barbie movie, this crew would come along. We would shout, complain, and advise (quite loudly), and so an empty theater–and an earlier viewing by me–would be critical. But just try to imagine with me, how perfect this party would be̷ read more