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A Dama de Espadas (1949) / The Queen of Spades (1949)
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001
A Dama de Espadas (1949) / The Queen of Spades (1949) ESTA CRÍTICA CONTÉM SPOILERS THIS ARTICLE HAS SPOILERS Ver um filme que é elogiado pela maioria dos críticos e também por diretores como Martin Scorsese e Wes Anderson é como fazer uma aposta segura. A obra-prima britânica de read more
Sundance: Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
"She's an original and can't being that every minute of her life." — Norman LearActress, singer, dancer, speaker, activist. Rita Moreno can do it all. Not only is she a natural performer but she lives for the spotlight. For someone who has such energy and passion for what she does, it's natura read more
Fritz Lang e a ficção científica
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001
Fritz Lang e a ficção científica O cineasta mais criativo do cinema mudo, a quem devemos toda a estética inventiva dos filmes, foi Georges Méliès. Ele foi o pai da arte cinematográfica como um todo e da ficção científica em particular, com sua “Viagem à Lua” em 1902. O read more
Winner of Learning to Live Out Loud: A Memoir by Piper Laurie
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
The winner of Learning to Live Out Loud: A Memoir by Piper Laurie is...
Kathy from Florida!
This was Kathy's entry: "My favorite Piper Laurie movie is "Tim" (1979). I like how she gets into the heart of an older woman. At first you see her almost resigned to a lonely life, then s read more
Steve McQueen: A Biography by Marc Eliot
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Steve McQueen: A Biography by Marc Eliot
9780307453211
Hardcover
368 pages
October 2011
Crown Archetype (Random House)
I don't remember the names of many biographers but Marc Eliot stands out for me. I've read Eliot's biographies on Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart. Both were excellent, well-written an read more
Reel Infatuation: Sugarpuss O'Shea Sets a High Bar
Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Nov 30, -0001
Not-So-Snow-White and the Seven Dwarves "The Professor and the Showgirl," is what that says. Quotes Sugarpuss: [After asking the biology professor to check her throat] SLIGHT rosiness! It's as red as the Daily W read more
Levada à Força / The Story of Temple Drake (1933)
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001
Levada à Força / The Story of Temple Drake (1933) Esta crítica contém spoilers. Pre-Code é o termo usado para descrever os filmes falados feitos entre 1929 e 1934, quando o Código Hays de “decência” entrou em vigor. Estes filmes apresentavam insinuações sexuais, silhuetas read more
A Conquista da Beleza (1934) / Search for Beauty (1934)
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001
A Conquista da Beleza (1934) / Search for Beauty (1934) O verão sempre foi sinônimo de beleza e também de saúde. Muitas pessoas começam a malhar na primavera em busca de um “corpo de verão” ideal. Quando pensamos no verão, pensamos em belos corpos na praia, e também read more
A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
"A life well-lived goes on and on."
If ever a documentary filled me with hope and broke my heart at the same time, it's this one. A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story is a poignant film about a visionary filmmaker who followed the beat of his own drum and inspired generations of oth read more
I have a lot of reading to do
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Reviews (and giveaways!) to come. Slowly...
On the list
Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History
John Huston: Courage and Art
Possessed: The Life of Joan Crawford
Nicholas Ray: The Glorious Failure of an American read more
Rodolfo Valentino: o homem, a lenda
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001
Rodolfo Valentino: o homem, a lenda “Quando a lenda se torna fato, imprima a lenda” “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend” A frase acima é do filme “O Homem que matou o Facínora / The Man who Shot Liberty Valance” (1962), mas se aplic read more
The Lady Vanishes - A Guest Post by Mark Zero
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
I'm very proud to present a guest post by one of my closest and dearest friends Mark Zero. Mark and I met on Goodreads several years ago and became fast friends. We both share a passion for good books and good movies. Mark even officiated my wedding making that special day even more special to me. read more
Fay Wray and Robert Riskin: A Hollywood Memoir
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Fay Wray and Robert Riskin
A Hollywood Memoir
by Victoria Riskin
Pantheon
Hardcover ISBN: ISBN 9781524747282
February 2019
416 pages
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powells
"My mother had a pioneer resilience, a vulnerability, a need for admiration... she never expected life to magically read more
Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
1939 was a good year for David O. Selznick. While in the midst of working on what would become recognized as one of the greatest movies of all time, Gone with the Wind, Selznick was also making strides at his studio Selznick International Pictures. He had his talent scout Katharine Brown (aka Kay B. read more
Você Já Foi à Bahia? (1944) / The Three Caballeros (1944)
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001
Você Já Foi à Bahia? (1944) / The Three Caballeros (1944) Se você me perguntasse qual o meu lugar favorito do mundo inteiro, eu responderia sem pestanejar: o estado da Bahia. É um lugar para o qual eu estou sempre voltando, e onde um dia ainda hei de morar. Na Bahia tudo é fantástico: as read more
Tony and Me: A Story of Friendship by Jack Klugman
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Tony and Me: A Story of Friendship
by Jack Klugman and Burton Rocks
Foreward by Garry Marshall
2005
Good Hill Press
Out of Print but available to purchase online
Comes with DVD of outtakes of The Odd Couple TV Show
When I was watching the extras of The Odd Couple Season 1, I stumbled across a vide read more
Anne Bancroft: A Life by Douglass K. Daniel
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Anne Bancroft: A Life
by Douglass K. Daniel
University Press of Kentucky
408 pages
September 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 9780813169682
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's
"Personally and professionally, she was determined to live by her own terms." - Douglass K. Daniel
If ever there was a w read more
A Lei da Fronteira / Frontier Marshal (1939)
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001
A Lei da Fronteira / Frontier Marshal (1939) 1939 foi um grande ano para o gênero western. Durante a década de 1930, os filmes ambientados no Velho Oeste estavam quase sempre relegados à categoria B: eram curtos (por volta de uma hora de duração), feitos sem grande orçamento e destinados read more
The Lady Vanishes - A Guest Post by Mark Zero
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
I'm very proud to present a guest post by one of my closest and dearest friends Mark Zero. Mark and I met on Goodreads several years ago and became fast friends. We both share a passion for good books and good movies. Mark even officiated my wedding making that special day even more special to me. read more
A Fera da Cidade (1932) e a gênese da femme fatale
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001
A Fera da Cidade (1932) e a gênese da femme fatale The Beast of the City (1932) and the genesis of the femme fatale Podemos traçar as origens de muitos traços dos filmes noir para mais de uma década antes que o primeiro “noir verdadeiro” – “O Falcão Maltês̶ read more