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This entry is part of the Loretta Young Blogathon, as today is the 103rd anniversary of Young's birth.Other than sheer luminosity, Carole Lombard and Loretta Young really didn't have much in common. (OK, there was Clark Gable, but that's another story for another time.) They never worked at the same read more

vt Death in Therapy France / 100 minutes / color / Arena, Camera One, D.A. Films, France 2 Cinéma, Canal+, Cofimage 7, Pyramide Dir: Francis Girod Pr: Bruno Pesery, Michel Seydoux Scr: Francis Girod, Michel Grisolia, Gerard Miller Story: Neutralité Malveillante (1992) by Jean-Pierre Gattégno Cine: read more

Yet another of Todd’s very useful roundups. As always, click anywhere on the list to be transported to his Sweet Freedom blog and the individual links. Anne Billson; Rep: Older Films I Saw in Theaters in 2015 Anonymous: The Double Life of Veronique; The Lady Eve Bhob Stewart: Ryan Larkin; Hu read more

Phyllis Haver (January 6, 1899 – November 19, 1960) was an American actress of the silent film era.   Haver was born January 6, 1899 in Douglass, Kansas. When she was a child her family moved to Los Angeles, California, then a city of less than half a million people. Haver attended Los Angeles read more

Sharon Tate: A Life Ed Sanders Perseus Books Group/ DeCapo Press, 2016 We are lucky to have had Sharon Tate for the brief 27 years she lived. She hardly began to fulfill her potential before her death, but she never wasted a moment, quickly finding screen success and demonstrating a blooming comedi read more

Watching Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory does a better job of identifying one’s personality than reading a horoscope. As a kid, you could tell the types of people you wanted to know (or not know) based on which child they connected with. Let’s face it, no one wanted to be the Charl read more

Watching Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory does a better job of identifying one’s personality than reading a horoscope. As a kid, you could tell the types of people you wanted to know (or not know) based on which child they connected with. Let’s face it, no one wanted to be the Charl read more

Hello, all! Sorry it's been crickets from me for the past few weeks -- this semester has been stressful and being on winter break was a huge relief, so much so that I wanted to step away from my laptop for a bit and just focus on my family and non-computer related interests. The downside of that is read more

It’s hard to believe that another year has passed us by, but here we are, at the start of 2016 — time for TMP’s annual Year in Review viewing wrap-up! (Say that ten times fast.) In last year’s review, I mentioned that I had been tracking my viewing for five years, s read more

Jan 2 Posted by aaronwest Mark and Aaron start the New Year as members of CriterionCast, and jump into the world of Merchant Ivory. With such a lavish, large production with quite an ensemble of characters, there is a lot to say. We discuss the social constraints placed upon the characters, and how read more

Jan 2 Posted by aaronwest Mark and Aaron start the New Year as members of CriterionCast, and jump into the world of Merchant Ivory. With such a lavish, large production with quite an ensemble of characters, there is a lot to say. We discuss the social constraints placed upon the characters, and how read more

Jan 2 Posted by aaronwest Mark and Aaron start the New Year as members of CriterionCast, and jump into the world of Merchant Ivory. With such a lavish, large production with quite an ensemble of characters, there is a lot to say. We discuss the social constraints placed upon the characters, and how read more

Chinatown...a bit of a revelation!  (Addendum: The Two Jakes) 1/1/2016 2 Comments   I have to say that I don't like to review,  generally speaking,  films that have this much fame attached to them.  read more

“That’s in every contract, that’s what you call a sanity clause.” – Groucho “You can’t a fool a me there ain’t no sanity clause” – Chico The Marx Brothers had a set formula, where everyone else played the drama straight and they did whateve read more

“That’s in every contract, that’s what you call a sanity clause.” – Groucho “You can’t a fool a me there ain’t no sanity clause” – Chico The Marx Brothers had a set formula, where everyone else played the drama straight and they did whateve read more

Chinatown...a bit of a revelation! 12/29/2015 0 Comments   I have to say that I don't like to review,  generally speaking,  films that have this much fame attached to them.  I figure that they've us read more

Is “bumper” too small a word for this collection of goodies? Whatever the case, click anywhere on the list to be whisked off into the alternative universe of Todd’s Sweet Freedom site, where you’ll find the individual links. *     Allan Fish: The Manchurian Candidate (1962) read more

Dec 27 Posted by aaronwest This is a special Christmas episode as we discuss some end of the year Criterion news along with Arnaud Desplechin’s 2008 A Christmas Tale, released on The Criterion Collection in 2009. Rather than a pleasant family Christmas film that fills all with glee, we have a read more

Dec 27 Posted by aaronwest This is a special Christmas episode as we discuss some end of the year Criterion news along with Arnaud Desplechin’s 2008 A Christmas Tale, released on The Criterion Collection in 2009. Rather than a pleasant family Christmas film that fills all with glee, we have a read more

Dec 27 Posted by aaronwest This is a special Christmas episode as we discuss some end of the year Criterion news along with Arnaud Desplechin’s 2008 A Christmas Tale, released on The Criterion Collection in 2009. Rather than a pleasant family Christmas film that fills all with glee, we have a read more