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Tag Archives: Jane Russell
December 2021 Viewing Diary
Nightmare Alley (2021; d. Guillermo del Toro) I will re-post here the thoughts I jotted down on Facebook after I saw it for the first time. I absolutely loved this film. Nightmare Alley is gorgeously shot, with an ominous moody … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies
Tagged animation, Anna Karina, biopic, Cate Blanchett, children's movies, comedy, Costa-Gavras, drama, Edie Sedgwick, Elia Kazan, film noir, France, Guillermo del Toro, Jane Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Paul Belmondo, John Keats, Lady From Shanghai, Orson Welles, Radu Jude, Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum, Romania, romantic drama, sci-fi, short films, The Rolling Stones, women directors
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Speaking of Essence:
I just love this photograph, and its caught-moment feel of it. Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell. Continue reading
When Love Goes Wrong… Nothing Goes Right.
Clip of Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe singing “When Love Goes Wrong” in Gentleman Prefer Blondes below the jump. I love when the va-va-voom section of the song kicks in. It seems like we’re in for a melancholy ballad, but … Continue reading
Monroe/Russell
The beauty is in the caught-by-the-camera candid feel of it.