Tag Archives: Bringing Up Baby

“I never made a message picture, and I hope I never do.” — Howard Hawks

Posted on May 30, 2025 by sheila

It’s his birthday today. My favorite director. I’ve written so much about his movies, here and elsewhere, it’d be too much to link to all of it. I’ve seen it all. Only Angels Have Wings is my favorite movie ever … Continue reading →

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“I don’t care how afraid I may be inside — I do what I think I should.” — Katharine Hepburn

Posted on May 12, 2025 by sheila

Barbara Walters: “Kate, you always wear pants. Do you even own a skirt?” Katharine Hepburn: “I have one, Miss Walters. I’ll wear it to your funeral.” Dan and I discussed her, in my interview with him about his new book. … Continue reading →

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My second move in a year

Posted on September 10, 2021 by sheila

Library getting packed up again. I’m too old for this shit. So this bookcase is half-packed and what is there is random, but it makes a pretty funny collage. — Dad’s book on Anglo-Irish literature (dedicated to Mum) — my … Continue reading →

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Now on Criterion: Bringing Up Baby

Posted on July 8, 2021 by sheila

The Criterion Collection just released Howard Hawks’ 1938 screwball classic Bringing Up Baby, in a new 4k restoration. The special features are EXTENSIVE, including a video-essay on Cary Grant by Scott Eyman (author of the new biography of Grant), as … Continue reading →

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Criterion July releases announced

Posted on April 16, 2021 by sheila

And every single one (La Piscine, Working Girls, Deep Cover, The Mirror and Bringing Up Baby) is exciting and a welcome addition to the Criterion library. I was thrilled to have been asked to write the booklet essay for Howard … Continue reading →

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From Lillian Gish to James Dean: My Interview with Dan Callahan

Posted on May 9, 2018 by sheila

I had a lot of fun interviewing Dan Callahan about his new book The Art of American Screen Acting, 1912-1960. It’s now up at Slant Magazine: Mystery of Screen Acting: An Interview with Dan Callahan.

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September 2016 Viewing Diary

Posted on October 2, 2016 by sheila

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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“You’re getting a little normal.” – Howard Hawks to Cary Grant

Posted on February 25, 2013 by sheila

From Who the Devil Made It: Conversations with Legendary Film Directors, by Peter Bogdanovich By the end of the film, would you say that [Cary] Grant has abandoned his scientific life? Well, let’s say he mixed it. He had an … Continue reading →

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“I’ve Never Had a Better Time!” Bringing Up Baby at the Film Forum

Posted on June 17, 2011 by sheila

My review of the screwball Holy Grail Bringing Up Baby over at Capital New York.

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20 most surprising female performances (Part 1)

Posted on June 12, 2010 by sheila

Alex had a series going on of 20 Most Surprising Female Performances (Here is Part 1 and Part 2). Please please go check out her choices, and also her brief descriptions of why she chose each one. Great stuff, thought-provoking. … Continue reading →

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