Obituaries
Farley Granger
Veteran actor Farley Granger died on March 27. As a testament to the longevity of his career, his death came nearly 64 years after he started filming his first leading role, in Nicholas Ray’s directorial debut, They Live By Night, and with last screen credit, in The Next Big Thing (2001), a fairly recent memory, [...]
Interviews
Dustin Nguyen
Had he not died an early and unexpected death at the age of 32, Bruce Lee would have turned 70 years old this November 27th. We can only imagine what he would be doing if he were still alive, but what is for certain, his influence as an icon of cinema and Asian culture continues [...]
Film Guides
The Titanic on Film
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the maiden voyage launching of the RMS Titanic, which departed from Southampton at noon April 10, 1912. Five days later, the biggest and most luxurious ship in the world lay at the bottom of the North Atlantic, and over 1,500 people were dead in the freezing waters. To say the [...]
Movie Clothes
8 Women
Introduction 8 Women is one of the most beautifully stylized films of the last 20 years. Director François Ozon brought together the eight greatest—and most beautiful—working actresses in France. But this is much more a breathtaking pean to feminine beauty. It is also an ode to the Agatha Christie thriller and a homage to the [...]
Not Quite the Movies
Mad Movies With The L.A. Connection
When people ask me how I came to love classic movies, there is a simple and definitive answer I can give them. The problem is most people have no idea what I am talking about. “Mad Movies with the L.A. Connection” was the last TV show which I made a point of seeing each time [...]
Counter-Espionage (1942)
Counter-Espionage is yet another movie I have watched without knowing anything whatsoever about it before hand. This one was chosen purely by its year of release, 70 years ago. I had no idea that this was only one film in a series of films with Warren William playing the detective “the Lone Wolf” or that [...]