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From Auburn to the "Wild Altama": Colonial South Georgia in Goldsmith's "Deserted Village"
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 24, 2012
In his 1994
article, “The Deserted Village and
the Politics of Genre,” Alfred Lutz laments Oliver Goldsmith’s “reputation as a
narrowly pastoral poet” (149) and argues that The Deserted Village is
not me read more
Blogathon surveys future classic movies
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 24, 2012
Check out the Future Classic Movies Blogathon over at Paula's Cinema Club. All the usual suspects get some praise as future classics, as well as some less expected choices. My pick, BRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2004), is posted at The Cinementals.
You can also find a longer write-up about the blogathon in read more
From Auburn to the "Wild Altama": Colonial South Georgia in Goldsmith's "Deserted Village"
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 24, 2012
In his 1994
article, “The Deserted Village and
the Politics of Genre,” Alfred Lutz laments Oliver Goldsmith’s “reputation as a
narrowly pastoral poet” (149) and argues that The Deserted Village is
not me read more
Blogathon surveys future classic movies
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 24, 2012
Check out the Future Classic Movies Blogathon over at Paula's Cinema Club. All the usual suspects get some praise as future classics, as well as some less expected choices. My pick, BRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2004), is posted at The Cinementals.
You can also find a longer write-up about the blogathon in read more
From Auburn to the "Wild Altama": Colonial South Georgia in Goldsmith's "Deserted Village"
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 24, 2012
In his 1994
article, “The Deserted Village and
the Politics of Genre,” Alfred Lutz laments Oliver Goldsmith’s “reputation as a
narrowly pastoral poet” (149) and argues that The Deserted Village is
not me read more
Classic Films in Focus moves to blog
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 21, 2012
After posting classic movie reviews on Examiner.com for three years, I have decided to move all future reviews and Classic Movie 10 pieces to the Virtual Virago site. News items and other short pieces will continue to appear on Examiner.com for both the National Classic Movies and Huntsville Classic read more
Classic Films in Focus: LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 21, 2012
Like
its protagonist, Lawrence of Arabia
(1962) has become the stuff of legend, a film so critically acclaimed and
celebrated that it is difficult to come to the picture itself without
preconceived notions. It won seven Oscars in 1963, including Best Picture and
Best Director for David Lean, with te read more
Classic Films in Focus: STALAG 17 (1953)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 21, 2012
Stalag 17 (1953) is
exactly the kind of war movie one might expect from Billy Wilder, the writer
and director behind monumental classics like Double Indemnity (1944), Sunset
Boulevard (1950), and Some Like It
Hot (1959). Wilder’s darkest pictures inevitably reveal a grim sense of
humor, while read more
Classic Films in Focus: THE SHOOTIST (1976)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 21, 2012
Don
Siegel’s Western, The Shootist
(1976), is best known today as John Wayne’s last film, the swan song of the
genre’s most iconic star. Given its subject matter, no picture could be more
appropriate for an actor’s final bow, but The
Shootist also serves as an elegy for the W read more
Classic Films in Focus moves to blog
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 21, 2012
After posting classic movie reviews on Examiner.com for three years, I have decided to move all future reviews and Classic Movie 10 pieces to the Virtual Virago site. News items and other short pieces will continue to appear on Examiner.com for both the National Classic Movies and Huntsville Classic read more
Classic Films in Focus: LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 21, 2012
Like
its protagonist, Lawrence of Arabia
(1962) has become the stuff of legend, a film so critically acclaimed and
celebrated that it is difficult to come to the picture itself without
preconceived notions. It won seven Oscars in 1963, including Best Picture and
Best Director for David Lean, with te read more
Classic Films in Focus: STALAG 17 (1953)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 21, 2012
Stalag 17 (1953) is
exactly the kind of war movie one might expect from Billy Wilder, the writer
and director behind monumental classics like Double Indemnity (1944), Sunset
Boulevard (1950), and Some Like It
Hot (1959). Wilder’s darkest pictures inevitably reveal a grim sense of
humor, while read more
Classic Films in Focus: THE SHOOTIST (1976)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 21, 2012
Don
Siegel’s Western, The Shootist
(1976), is best known today as John Wayne’s last film, the swan song of the
genre’s most iconic star. Given its subject matter, no picture could be more
appropriate for an actor’s final bow, but The
Shootist also serves as an elegy for the W read more
Classic Films in Focus moves to blog
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 21, 2012
After posting classic movie reviews on Examiner.com for three years, I have decided to move all future reviews and Classic Movie 10 pieces to the Virtual Virago site. News items and other short pieces will continue to appear on Examiner.com for both the National Classic Movies and Huntsville Classic read more
Classic Films in Focus: LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 21, 2012
Like
its protagonist, Lawrence of Arabia
(1962) has become the stuff of legend, a film so critically acclaimed and
celebrated that it is difficult to come to the picture itself without
preconceived notions. It won seven Oscars in 1963, including Best Picture and
Best Director for David Lean, with te read more
Classic Films in Focus: STALAG 17 (1953)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 21, 2012
Stalag 17 (1953) is
exactly the kind of war movie one might expect from Billy Wilder, the writer
and director behind monumental classics like Double Indemnity (1944), Sunset
Boulevard (1950), and Some Like It
Hot (1959). Wilder’s darkest pictures inevitably reveal a grim sense of
humor, while read more
Classic Films in Focus: THE SHOOTIST (1976)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 21, 2012
Don
Siegel’s Western, The Shootist
(1976), is best known today as John Wayne’s last film, the swan song of the
genre’s most iconic star. Given its subject matter, no picture could be more
appropriate for an actor’s final bow, but The
Shootist also serves as an elegy for the W read more
Mythmaking in America: Reflections on the Western
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 4, 2012
I have always loved Westerns. I started watching
them when I was very young, and I’ve never lost my taste for them, even if
Hollywood and the general public got tired of them years ago. It might seem
odd, even heretical, for a liberal feminist scholar to admit to a yen for horse
opera, but to read more
Mythmaking in America: Reflections on the Western
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 4, 2012
I have always loved Westerns. I started watching
them when I was very young, and I’ve never lost my taste for them, even if
Hollywood and the general public got tired of them years ago. It might seem
odd, even heretical, for a liberal feminist scholar to admit to a yen for horse
opera, but to read more
Mythmaking in America: Reflections on the Western
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 4, 2012
I have always loved Westerns. I started watching
them when I was very young, and I’ve never lost my taste for them, even if
Hollywood and the general public got tired of them years ago. It might seem
odd, even heretical, for a liberal feminist scholar to admit to a yen for horse
opera, but to read more