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Tag Archives: Julie Christie
Year in Review: Running my mouth in 2018
Thanks, everyone, who hangs out here, who likes what I do, whether you’re an Elvis fan, a Supernatural fan, a general cinephile, a book-lover, or just someone who’s been checking in periodically for almost 16 years – WHAT? – I … Continue reading
Posted in James Joyce, Movies, Television
Tagged Anne V. Coates, Burt Reynolds, documentary, Doris Day, Dorothy Malone, Elvis Presley, England, Finnegans Wake, Frank Sinatra, Gena Rowlands, Germany, Gold Diggers of 1933, Grace Kelly, Hal Ashby, Howard Hughes, Ian McEwan, James Cagney, Joan Didion, Joaquin Phoenix, Julie Christie, Lynne Ramsay, Mexico, Minnie and Moskowitz, Natalie Portman, Paul Thomas Anderson, Play It As It Lays, Robert Altman, Russia, Sanaa Lathan, South Korea, Supernatural, Warren Beatty, women directors, Woody Allen, year in writing
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July 2018 Viewing Diary
Supernatural, Season 4, episode 5 “Monster Movie” (2008; d. Robert Singer) A movie-mad feast. Plus, my favorite one-night-stand-girl. (Piper is a close tie.) Supernatural, Season 4, episode 6 “Yellow Fever” (2008; d. Philip Sgriccia) An example of what the show … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged Burt Reynolds, documentary, Dorothy Malone, Douglas Sirk, England, Goldie Hawn, Hal Ashby, Hugh Grant, Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jill Clayburgh, Josef von Sternberg, Julie Christie, Marlene Dietrich, Supernatural, Warren Beatty, women directors
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Things I Love About Robert Altman’s McCabe & Mrs Miller
1. The & in the title. This is a business partnership. 2. The fact that when she is alone in her room at the whorehouse, she is always reading. It’s just such a nice unexpected detail. I was dying to … Continue reading
Movie Poster: Shampoo
Here’s an example where I really like the “closeups of movie stars” concept for a poster, otherwise known as “big floating heads”. I like it because, unlike so many “big floating heads” posters of today – it actually does seem … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Goldie Hawn, Hal Ashby, Julie Christie, posters, Warren Beatty
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My Oscar picks
These are not necessarily what I think SHOULD win – but what I think WILL win. I will not editorialize here in this post (except to say that the fact that Zodiac was snubbed all around is totally baffling to … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Movies
Tagged Cate Blanchett, Coen brothers, Julie Christie, Zodiac
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Julie Christie, Away From Her
Julie Christie, Gordon Pinsent “Away From Her” Julie Christie won Best Actress for Away From Her in the New York Film Critics Circle awards. I just saw the film recently at Allison’s DEMAND (wrote about it here) … so I’m … Continue reading
Reds Weather
Fall has come. Last weekend I heard the geese leaving town. It’s been a long summer. Up until the end of October, we were still up in the high 60s in terms of temperature. I’m still not banking on the … Continue reading