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March 2019 Viewing Diary

Posted on April 1, 2019 by sheila

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World (2017; d. Catherine Bainbridge) Mum came and visited me and we watched this amazing documentary about the contributions Native Americans have made to music. It starts with Link Wray. I loved this documentary … Continue reading →

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“Masters of the Acting Art”: An Interview with Author Dan Callahan

Posted on March 25, 2019 by sheila

Dan Callahan is one of our best writers on the craft of acting. Not only does he describe why a performance is good, he digs into the much thornier issue of how it is good. This is where most critics … Continue reading →

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Celebrating the Disreputable: An interview with Charles Taylor about his new book Opening Wednesday at a Theater or Drive-in Near You: The Shadow Cinema of the American ’70s

Posted on June 21, 2017 by sheila

Charles Taylor’s new book Opening Wednesday at a Theater Or Drive-In Near You: The Shadow Cinema of the American ’70s was an intense pleasure to read. He discusses 15 films from the 1970s, films that were not made as prestige … Continue reading →

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20 most surprising female performances (Part 2)

Posted on June 13, 2010 by sheila

Here is Part 1 of the series, great conversation going on in the comments. Join in! HEDY LAMARR, Comrade X Hedy Lamarr, is, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful women in the history of cinema. Cameramen fell all … Continue reading →

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Barfly (1987): Gestures Make the Man

Posted on May 18, 2009 by sheila

In Barfly, Mickey Rourke, as Henry, gives one of his best performances. It stands alone. It is a symphony of movement and gesture, of humor and pathos … and I remember at the time his performance being criticized as “over-the-top”. … Continue reading →

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“I can’t stand people. I hate them. Do you hate them?” “No. But I seem to feel better when they’re not around.”

Posted on April 12, 2009 by sheila
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Movie Poster: Chinatown

Posted on February 10, 2009 by sheila

If I had to choose, but please don’t make me, this would be my favorite movie poster of all time.

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Fall 1995: Acting Notebook

Posted on January 31, 2007 by sheila

Going through all these old notebooks – I came across the notebooks I kept during grad school. At first they start out all work, no play … which is interesting in and of itself – but the notebooks I kept … Continue reading →

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Sidney Lumet: On the Camera Work in Network

Posted on December 21, 2004 by sheila

Lumet does not make a splashy use of style. He likes the camera to be “invisible” and yet most definitely THERE. Excerpt from Sidney Lumet’s Making Movies: Sidney Lumet: Network. Owen Roizman, photographer. The movie was about corruption. So we … Continue reading →

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Sidney Lumet: On William Holden in Network

Posted on December 21, 2004 by sheila

Excerpt from Making Movies:

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