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Tag Archives: Barbara Stanwyck
Dynamic Duo #16
Elvis Presley and Barbara Stanwyck. This post is a double-whammy since it’s Barbara Stanwyck’s birthday today. If you haven’t read Dan Callahan’s biography, then you really must (and I’m not just saying that because he quotes me in it): Barbara … Continue reading →
March 2018 Viewing Diary
Supernatural, Season 13, episode 14 “Good Intentions” (2018; d. P.J. Pesce) Probably not a good sign that I can’t remember anything about this episode. Queer Eye (2018) My friend Mitchell has been raving about the new version of Queer Eye … Continue reading →
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Tagged Asghar Farhadi, Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Reynolds, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Denmark, documentary, England, France, Germany, Greta Garbo, Harrison Ford, Henry Fonda, Iran, Iranian film, Ireland, Jack Black, Jean Harlow, Lars von Trier, Matthias Schoenaerts, Mike Nichols, Owen Wilson, Rebecca Hall, Seth Rogen, Steve Martin, Supernatural, women directors, X-Files
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September 2016 Viewing Diary
Kicks (2016; d. Justin Tipping) Absolutely loved it. There have been so many excellent first-time directors making features this year. My review for Rogerebert.com. Kiss Me Deadly (1955; d. Robert Aldrich) I love this bizarre paranoid insanely phantasmagorical … film … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barbara Stanwyck, Belgium, Ben Gazzara, Brazil, Bringing Up Baby, Carroll Baker, Cary Grant, Coen brothers, Denmark, documentary, Eli Wallach, Elia Kazan, Elizabeth Taylor, Eminem, England, France, George Stevens, Howard Hawks, Italy, Jack Garfein, James Dean, Jean Arthur, Jimmy Stewart, John Sturges, Karl Malden, Kate Winslet, Katharine Hepburn, Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Mildred Dunnock, Miriam Hopkins, Montgomery Clift, Myrna Loy, Olivia de Havilland, Ralph Meeker, Rebecca Hall, Supernatural, Tennessee Williams, Tilda Swinton, Tom Hanks, William Powell, William Wyler
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“14 watercolors ….” Howard Hawks’ Ball of Fire at the Film Forum
Not as well-known as some other Howard Hawks films (or Billy Wilder scripts, for that matter), Ball of Fire, starring Gary Cooper as the nerdy linguistics professor (only in Hollywood ) and Barbara Stanwyck as the wise-cracking two-bit showgirl Sugarpuss … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barbara Stanwyck, comedy, Dana Andrews, Gary Cooper, Howard Hawks, screwball comedy
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November 2015 Viewing Diary
Spotlight (2015; d. Tom McCarthy) Excellent newspaper movie. I reviewed for Rogerebert.com. Supernatural, Season 11, Episode 4, “Baby” (2015; d. Thomas J. Wright) Perfection, both formally and structurally as well as emotionally and spiritually. Truth (2015; d. James Vanderbilt) Another … Continue reading →
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Tagged Angelina Jolie, Barbara Stanwyck, Bette Davis, Cate Blanchett, Channing Tatum, Clifford Odets, Douglas Sirk, France, Fred Astaire, Gena Rowlands, Ginger Rogers, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Ingmar Bergman, Joan Blondell, Joanne Woodward, John Wayne, Liv Ullmann, Loretta Young, Mike Rohl, Nirvana, Orson Welles, Paul Newman, Poland, Supernatural, Sweden, Taiwan, Thomas J. Wright, William Wellman, X-Files
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August 2015 Viewing Diary
Smell of Camphor, Scent of Jasmine (2000; d. Bahman Farmanara). A profound and touching (and very funny) film from Iran, written and directed by and starring Farmanara. It tells the story of a death-obsessed film director who hasn’t made a … Continue reading →
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Tagged Abbas Kiarostami, Albert Maysles, Barbara Stanwyck, Busby Berkeley, Canada, Carole Lombard, Christian Petzold, documentary, family, Germany, Iran, Iranian film, Jack Nicholson, John Wayne, Jonathan Demme, Monte Hellman, Nina Hoss, Sam Rockwell, Supernatural, The Rolling Stones, Warren Oates, William Powell, X-Files
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February 2015: Viewing Diary
Two Days, One Night (2014; Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne). My friend Dan referred to the movie as a “Sunday school lesson” and, you know, I can see his point. But I found it absolutely riveting, one of the best portraits … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barbara Stanwyck, Belgium, Canada, documentary, England, France, Ireland, Japan, Joan Fontaine, Joel McCrea, Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart, Marion Cotillard, miracle on ice, Scarlett Johansson, Supernatural, William Wellman
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Close Readings: A QA with Greil Marcus About The History of Rock ‘n’ Roll In Ten Songs
Greil Marcus’ latest book is The History of Rock ‘n’ Roll in Ten Songs, a non-chronologically-ordered eccentric book, focusing on 10 songs that Marcus has chosen for his own reasons (reasons which he went into in the QA below). Part … Continue reading →
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Tagged Baby Face, Barbara Stanwyck, Buddy Holly, Prince, The Beatles
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Supernatural: Season 1, Episode 16: “Shadow”
Directed by Kim Manners Written by Eric Kripke “Sam, this is bigger than you think.” – John Winchester said. I’ll say. Shadow is one of the rare urban-setting episodes, which always seems to bring out interesting romantic things in the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alain Delon, Barbara Stanwyck, Cary Grant, Elvis Presley, Eric Kripke, Gloria Swanson, Jeremy Renner, Joan Crawford, Kim Manners, Orson Welles, Our Town, Peter Lorre, Robert Mitchum, Sissy Spacek, SPN Season 1, Sunset Boulevard, Supernatural, Thornton Wilder
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Her Anklet
I love this piece of cinematic/literary analysis and appreciation by Glenn Kenny about that gold anklet Barbara Stanwyck wears in Double Indemnity.