Tag Archives: Rita Hayworth

February 2025 Viewing Diary

Posted on March 2, 2025 by sheila

Twin Peaks: The Return (2017; d. David Lynch) There’s nothing else like it in all of God’s green earth and I am just so grateful it exists. It’s so pure. Suze (2025; d. Dane Clark and Linsey Stewart) I liked … Continue reading →

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November 2024 Viewing Diary

Posted on December 1, 2024 by sheila

Stranger Things, Season 2, episodes 5, 6, 7 (2016) Continuing the very slow “binge” watch with my niece Lucy, and having so much fun. She gets such a kick out of showing it to me. She knows every moment and … Continue reading →

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“Dancing in Tijuana when I was 13 — that was my ‘summer camp.’ How else do you think I could keep up with Fred Astaire when I was 19?” — Rita Hayworth

Posted on October 17, 2024 by sheila

It’s her birthday today! In early 2016, it was all Rita Hayworth all the time at my humble abode, due to the research I did for my essay on Gilda, included in the Criterion Collection release of Gilda. Gilda represented … Continue reading →

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September 2022 Viewing Diary

Posted on October 1, 2022 by sheila

The Deep End (2022; d. Jon Kasbe) I’m into cults but I actively avoid woo-woo, so somehow Teal Swan escaped my radar. Well, she’s on my radar NOW. This Netflix doc is extraordinary because Teal Swan participated in it, she … Continue reading →

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December 2021 Viewing Diary

Posted on January 10, 2022 by sheila

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 →

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No Smoking

Posted on December 8, 2021 by sheila

Everett Sloane and Rita Hayworth, “Lady from Shanghai”

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“The Long Shadow of Gilda“: My Essay Up on Criterion

Posted on January 22, 2016 by sheila

The Criterion Collection’s release of Charles Vidor’s Gilda came out this week. You can order it here. Special features include: commentary track by critic Richard Schickel, interview with Film Noir guru Eddie Mueller, plus a couple of wonderful heart-warming clips … Continue reading →

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It’s Gilda-out-on-Criterion Day.

Posted on January 19, 2016 by sheila

The Criterion Collection’s release of Charles Vidor’s Gilda is available starting today. You can order it here. The release includes a booklet of essays about the film, including one by yours truly. Order now, yo.

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Coming Soon: Gilda on Criterion

Posted on December 19, 2015 by sheila

The Criterion Collection release of Charles Vidor’s Gilda will be available on Criterion in Blu-Ray on January 19, 2016. You can pre-order here. The release includes an essay I’ve written about the film. Some other great special features, too!

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October 2015 Viewing Diary

Posted on November 1, 2015 by sheila

Moontide (1942; d. Archie Mayo – and an uncredited Fritz Lang) And John O’Hara wrote the screenplay. How I love this film. Ida Lupino plays a suicidal girl, rescued from the waves by Bobo (a to-die-for Jean Gabin). Bobo is … Continue reading →

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