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Top 3 Kirk Douglas Performances
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Feb 5, 2020
Kirk Douglas lived a very long life, but it’s still shocking to learn of his death. He was so incredibly alive onscreen. There are few performers in Hollywood history as charismatic as Douglas. Since his effect on his viewers was physical in its impact, I want to focus on the three performance read more
The Gender Gap in Film
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Feb 5, 2020
Check out these two articles, both of which show the gap between awards for women and men in the Oscars over time in visual format. “The Oscars’ 92-year gender gap, visualised” “Maybe Those Are Just the Best Movies This Year”: #WhiteMan’s Oscar in Context.” read more
The Academy Loves Directors Who Play It Safe
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Feb 3, 2020
I watched Marriage Story with excitement. I’ve been following Noah Baumbach’s career since Kicking and Screaming (1995), a hilarious movie about East Coast college men’s arrested development and how their romantic immaturity interferes with their happiness. The déjà vu happened imm read more
The Academy Loves Directors Who Play It Safe
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Feb 3, 2020
I watched Marriage Story with excitement. I’ve been following Noah Baumbach’s career since Kicking and Screaming (1995), a hilarious movie about East Coast college men’s arrested development and how their romantic immaturity interferes with their happiness. The déjà vu happened imm read more
Richard Jewell’s Awful Snub…and Other Golden Globe Gaffes
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Dec 27, 2019
Richard Jewell is taking a hit at the box office, due in large part to an angry campaign by the Atlanta newspaper who employed reporter Kathy Scruggs, the real-life journalist in the film who broke the story that Jewell was a suspect in the Olympic bombing. I agree that besmirching a real perso read more
Richard Jewell’s Awful Snub…and Other Golden Globe Gaffes
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Dec 27, 2019
Richard Jewell is taking a hit at the box office, due in large part to an angry campaign by the Atlanta newspaper who employed reporter Kathy Scruggs, the real-life journalist in the film who broke the story that Jewell was a suspect in the Olympic bombing. I agree that besmirching a real perso read more
Classic Film’s Damsels in Distress
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Oct 28, 2019
My friend Grace Collins of True Stories of Tinseltown and I chat about women in peril in classic films, including the riveting thriller Gaslight; the Barbara Stanwyck showcase Sorry, Wrong Number; and the tonally inconsistent, oddball Nazi-hunter film, The Stranger. And of course, the weeper, Wate read more
Classic Film’s Damsels in Distress
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Oct 28, 2019
My friend Grace Collins of True Stories of Tinseltown and I chat about women in peril in classic films, including the riveting thriller Gaslight; the Barbara Stanwyck showcase Sorry, Wrong Number; and the tonally inconsistent, oddball Nazi-hunter film, The Stranger. We had so much fun ta read more
When Funny People Die: Jean Harlow
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Sep 30, 2019
I’ve been thinking about how hard it is to grieve the loss of a funny person. The grim process of American funerals—the still church/mortuary, the solemn rituals, and the steady tears—can feel inappropriate when mourning the loss of someone who enjoyed breaking conventions, who made read more
When Funny People Die: Jean Harlow
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Sep 30, 2019
I’ve been thinking about how hard it is to grieve the loss of a funny person. The grim process of American funerals—the still church/mortuary, the solemn rituals, and the steady tears—can feel inappropriate when mourning the loss of someone who enjoyed breaking conventions, who made read more
Rebecca Got a Bad Rep
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jun 29, 2019
**Spoilers abound** Of all the femme fatales on film and in print, Rebecca may top them all. The woman isn’t even alive at the start of the book or the Hitchcock film that resulted from it, yet the narrator of the story is so haunted by her husband’s previous wife (and Du Maurier is so skilled at read more
Rebecca Got a Bad Rep
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jun 29, 2019
**Spoilers abound** Of all the femme fatales on film and in print, Rebecca may top them all. The woman isn’t even alive at the start of the book or the Hitchcock film that resulted from it, yet the narrator of the story is so haunted by her husband’s previous wife (and Du Maurier is so skilled at read more
Getting Nosy about Mae & Cary
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jun 6, 2019
Grace Collins of True Stories of Tinseltown and I chat about two stars who created the personas that made them stars, and never let those personas slip. We’re not nosy about ALL Hollywood stars’ lives, but that kind of inventive commitment is worth talking about! As usual, the two of us read more
Getting Nosy about Mae & Cary
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jun 6, 2019
Grace Collins of True Stories of Tinseltown and I chat about two stars who created the personas that made them stars, and never let those personas slip. We’re not nosy about ALL Hollywood stars’ lives, but that kind of inventive commitment is worth talking about! As usual, the two of us read more
Doris Day and the Reaction Shot
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 13, 2019
Today a man I know well surprised me, and I could tell I had one of those hilariously odd expressions on my face in response. When I heard a couple hours later that Doris Day had died, it seemed to me that I’d inadvertently paid tribute to that marvelous, strong, very funny woman. There will never read more
Doris Day and the Reaction Shot
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on May 13, 2019
Today a man I know well surprised me, and I could tell I had one of those hilariously odd expressions on my face in response. When I heard a couple hours later that Doris Day had died, it seemed to me that I’d inadvertently paid tribute to that marvelous, strong, very funny woman. There will never read more
The Femme Fatale Who Wasn’t: In a Lonely Place
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 16, 2019
spoilers ahead. I was wowed by Nicholas Ray’s In a Lonely Place. The film, it seemed to me, was ahead of its time in its powerful portrayal of domestic abuse. On the surface, the film explores whether the hero, Dix (Humphrey Bogart), murdered an innocent woman. His girlfriend, Laurel (Gloria G read more
The Femme Fatale Who Wasn’t: In a Lonely Place
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Apr 16, 2019
spoilers ahead. I was wowed by Nicholas Ray’s In a Lonely Place. The film, it seemed to me, was ahead of its time in its powerful portrayal of domestic abuse. On the surface, the film explores whether the hero, Dix (Humphrey Bogart), murdered an innocent woman. His girlfriend, Laurel (Gloria G read more
The Director of Kingpin Just Won Best Pic
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Feb 25, 2019
Let’s review: Best film Oscar for the director of Kingpin and Dumb and Dumber? 1Best film Oscar for the director of Do the Right Thing: 01990: Do the Right Thing: No Oscar; Driving Miss Daisy: Oscar.2019: We have two strong films up for best picture by black directors about what it means to be read more
The Director of Kingpin Just Won Best Pic
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Feb 25, 2019
Let’s review: Best film Oscar for the director of Kingpin and Dumb and Dumber? 1Best film Oscar for the director of Do the Right Thing: 01990: Do the Right Thing: No Oscar; Driving Miss Daisy: Oscar.2019: We have two strong films up for best picture by black directors about what it means to be read more