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Monday, July 24, 2017
Classic Films in Focus: THE TWO MRS. CARROLLS (1947)
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Director Peter Godfrey's modern Gothic offers two iconic stars - Humphrey Bogart and Barbara Stanwyck - as its leads, which is reason ...
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
The First Time: Memorable Movie Introductions
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In my last post I talked about the first time I saw George Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968), which got me thinking about the ...
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
My First Summer of Cinema - 1988
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George Romero's death this week has left me feeling nostalgic about the first time I saw Night of the Living Dead (1968), which was a...
Sunday, July 16, 2017
Making a Hollywood House in Alabama: Movie Posters and Art
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Errol Flynn is in the bedroom, of course. As part of an ongoing effort to make our house a more interesting and personally relevant spac...
Monday, June 12, 2017
12 Mummy Movies Worth Watching
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At an abysmal 17 %, the Rotten Tomatoes rating of the new version of The Mummy (2017) might have you hiding in your sarcophagus instead of ...
Monday, May 29, 2017
Orry-Kelly and WOMEN HE'S UNDRESSED (2015)
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Gillian Armstrong's 2015 documentary film about Hollywood costume designer Orry-Kelly is currently streaming on Netflix, and it offers...
Friday, April 28, 2017
Cult Classics: PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (1974)
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Phantom of the Paradise (1974) is Brian de Palma's musical cult tribute to a number of iconic horror tales, most notably The Phantom ...
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