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January 2022 Viewing Diary

Posted on February 14, 2022 by sheila

Crossfire (1947; d. Edward Dmytryk) Went on a little Robert Mitchum kick, thanks to the Criterion Channel. Crossfire came out the same year as Gentleman’s Agreement, and both films deal with anti-Semitism, which was very much on American minds at … Continue reading →

Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television | Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, art, Asghar Farhadi, Barbara Stanwyck, Cary Grant, documentary, drama, Elvis Presley, film noir, Gloria Grahame, historical drama, Iranian film, Ireland, Isabelle Huppert, Jane Austen, Jean Arthur, Jean Harlow, Joachim Trier, Joan Fontaine, Johnny Flynn, literary adaptation, Mary Astor, Mildred Dunnock, musicals, Peter Bogdanovich, Richard Widmark, Robert Mitchum, romantic drama, Steven Spielberg, Sweden, thrillers, William Powell, women directors | 14 Comments

My talk at the old Memphian Theatre: Elvis in Hollywood

Posted on November 18, 2018 by sheila

When Indie Memphis senior programmer Miriam Bale asked if I wanted to give a talk on Elvis during my time in Memphis, I was excited, but when I heard it was going to be in the Circuit, it felt almost … Continue reading →

Posted in Actors, Movies, Music | Tagged Ann-Margret, Elvis Presley, Hal Wallis, Kurt Russell, Michael Curtiz, Mildred Dunnock, Tuesday Weld | 24 Comments

For Film Comment: Elvis, Actor

Posted on August 14, 2017 by sheila

I am so happy to sing the praises for Film Comment‘s TCM Diary of an acting career that has been ignored, dismissed, scorned, from the jump. I’ve written about Elvis’ acting a lot here on my site, but rarely anywhere … Continue reading →

Posted in Actors, Movies, Music | Tagged Elvis Presley, Errol Flynn, Hal Wallis, King Creole, Live a Little Love a Little, Love Me Tender, Mildred Dunnock, reviews, Viva Las Vegas | 10 Comments

Tonight: The Core Club: Screening of Something Wild (1961)

Posted on March 16, 2017 by sheila

I’m honored to moderate a QA session tonight at the Core Club with director Jack Garfein after a screening of his long-forgotten (but not anymore) masterpiece Something Wild, starring Carroll Baker and Ralph Meeker (with Mildred Dunnock in a small … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Carroll Baker, drama, Jack Garfein, Mildred Dunnock, Ralph Meeker, Something Wild | 4 Comments

Announcement: Something Wild (1961): Criterion Collection DVD-Blu-Ray release, January 17, 2017

Posted on October 14, 2016 by sheila

So honored to have been asked to write the essay for Criterion’s release of Jack Garfein’s forgotten 1961 masterpiece, Something Wild. Developed independently, using Actors Studio people in the lead roles (Carroll Baker, Ralph Meeker, and Mildred Dunnock), Something Wild … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Carroll Baker, drama, Mildred Dunnock, Something Wild | 10 Comments

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 →

Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television | 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 | 15 Comments

Year in Review: Running my mouth in 2013

Posted on December 31, 2013 by sheila

Some of the things I’ve written in 2013, for my own site, and also other outlets. Thoughts on Memphis. “Memphis is wounded, and Memphis is obviously depressed. There are a lot of sad ghosts here. But Memphis does not forget. … Continue reading →

Posted in Actors, Books, Movies, Music | Tagged Akira Kurosawa, Alain Delon, Andrzej Wajda, Arthur Miller, Bela Tarr, Bill Murray, Bob Dylan, Cary Grant, Christian Petzold, Coen brothers, Cristian Mungiu, Cuba, Dana Andrews, documentary, Elvis Presley, Eminem, F. Scott Fitzgerald, France, Franny and Zooey, Fredric March, friends, George Cukor, Germany, Greta Gerwig, H.L. Mencken, Haskell Wexler, His Girl Friday, Howard Hawks, Hungary, Iran, Iranian film, J.D. Salinger, Jacques Tati, James Dean, James Gandolfini, Japan, Jean Cocteau, Jean Renoir, Jerry Lewis, Joan Blondell, Joan Fontaine, Julie Harris, Katharine Hepburn, Lester Bangs, Marlon Brando, Martin Scorsese, Metallica, Mildred Dunnock, Nicholas Ray, Otto Preminger, Owen Wilson, Poland, Ralph Bellamy, Rebel Without a Cause, Red Sox, Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, Roger Angell, Romania, Rudolph Valentino, Sal Mineo, Scarlett Johansson, Seamus Heaney, Shakespeare, Sofia Coppola, Supernatural, Taiwan, The Crack-Up, Truman Capote, William Hazlitt, year in writing | 2 Comments

Death of a Salesman (1951)

Posted on October 26, 2013 by sheila

If you’ve read Arthur Miller’s Timebends then you know he was not happy with the 1951 film version of Death of a Salesman, with most of the original Broadway cast (Mildred Dunnock, Kevin McCarthy, Cameron Mitchell), and Fredric March in … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman, drama, Fredric March, literary adaptation, Mildred Dunnock, reviews, Timebends | 3 Comments

R.I.P. Ben Gazzara

Posted on February 3, 2012 by sheila

It was my favorite type of career. Long-lasting, diverse, a little bit chaotic, not overly managed, with moments of brilliance, moments of just good workmanship … and you can tell, you can just tell, that his career has been about … Continue reading →

Posted in Actors, RIP | Tagged Actors Studio, Barbara Bel Geddes, Ben Gazzara, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, Elia Kazan, John Cassavetes, Mildred Dunnock, Tennessee Williams, Tommy Lee Jones | 16 Comments

Elvis Dispatch #4: Love Me Tender (1956)

Posted on September 20, 2011 by sheila

“and introducing Elvis Presley” reads the credits for Love Me Tender, Presley’s debut as an actor, and it would be the only time in his movie career that he didn’t get top billing. The script had been kicking around Hollywood … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Elvis Presley, Love Me Tender, Mildred Dunnock | 12 Comments

Tag Archives: Mildred Dunnock

January 2022 Viewing Diary

My talk at the old Memphian Theatre: Elvis in Hollywood

For Film Comment: Elvis, Actor

Tonight: The Core Club: Screening of Something Wild (1961)

Announcement: Something Wild (1961): Criterion Collection DVD-Blu-Ray release, January 17, 2017

September 2016 Viewing Diary

Year in Review: Running my mouth in 2013

Death of a Salesman (1951)

R.I.P. Ben Gazzara

Elvis Dispatch #4: Love Me Tender (1956)

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