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Tag Archives: Barbara Stanwyck
January/February/March 2021 Viewing Diary
Better late than never. I moved at the end of January – a big interstate move – so I’ve been a bit, how you say, busy. Not too busy to keep up my viewing schedule but too busy to put … Continue reading →
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Tagged animation, Ball of Fire, Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Reynolds, Cary Grant, children's movies, Cliff Bole, comedy, coming of age, David Mamet, documentary, drama, Eminem, England, France, Gary Cooper, Hong Kong, horror, Howard Hawks, Ireland, Irene Dunne, Jack Lemmon, Jack Nicholson, Jean Renoir, Joe Berlinger, Julianne Moore, Katharine Hepburn, Kim Manners, Kristen Wiig, Laura Dern, Leo McCarey, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Maggie Cheung, Marilyn Monroe, Mark Wahlberg, Paul Thomas Anderson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ralph Bellamy, Russia, sci-fi, short films, Some Like It Hot, Spain, Stanley Kubrick, Sweden, Thomas J. Wright, Tom Noonan, true crime, war movies, What Happened Was, women directors, WWII, X-Files
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September 2020 Viewing Diary
September was the longest month of my life. I started out putting my cat to sleep. I was in Rhode Island and had been so for a month. I came home, and everything had changed. And everything will keep changing. … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alan Ladd, backting, Barbara Stanwyck, Carole Lombard, comedy, documentary, drama, film noir, George Sanders, historical drama, Jim Jarmusch, Joan Blondell, Mervyn LeRoy, Mia Wasikowska, Natalie Portman, Pre-Code, religious movies, Richard Linklater, sci-fi, Supernatural, Tilda Swinton, women directors
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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 Ball of Fire, 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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