-
Recent Posts
- “Groundhog Day was one of the greatest scripts ever written. It didn’t even get nominated for an Academy Award.” — Bill Murray
- “People get surprised by my choices. But that comes from me looking for something new.” — Maggie Cheung
- “I rather like the idea of death.” — poet Stevie Smith
- “I didn’t think then, and I still don’t, that I was actually sick.” — Frances Farmer
- “I think I’m a character actress in a leading lady’s body, but the industry doesn’t really see me that way.” — Sanaa Lathan
- “I’ve been very lucky, considering what I look like and what I do.” — James Gandolfini
- “I never said, ‘I want to be alone.’ I only said, ‘I want to be left alone.’ There is all the difference.” — Greta Garbo
- It’s the birthday of Irish poet Mícheál Ó hAirtnéide (Michael Hartnett)
- “I was a pretty good imitator of Roy Acuff, but then I found out they already had a Roy Acuff, so I started singin’ like myself.” — Hank Williams
- Happy Birthday, William Carlos Williams: “My whole life / has hung too long upon a partial victory.”
Recent Comments
- Elisa on “I didn’t think then, and I still don’t, that I was actually sick.” — Frances Farmer
- sheila on “Groundhog Day was one of the greatest scripts ever written. It didn’t even get nominated for an Academy Award.” — Bill Murray
- Kelly C Sedinger on “Groundhog Day was one of the greatest scripts ever written. It didn’t even get nominated for an Academy Award.” — Bill Murray
- Pat on And the Waltz Goes On, by Sir Anthony Hopkins
- Lyrie on August 2023 Viewing Diary
- Lyrie on August 2023 Viewing Diary
- Kelly C Sedinger on “A vast amount of rubbish is published in the name of art. A man should let his work talk for him. ” — Charles Dana Gibson
- Lyrie on August 2023 Viewing Diary
- sheila on August 2023 Viewing Diary
- sheila on August 2023 Viewing Diary
- sheila on August 2023 Viewing Diary
- sheila on August 2023 Viewing Diary
- Lyrie on August 2023 Viewing Diary
- Lyrie on August 2023 Viewing Diary
- sheila on Meeting Elia Kazan
- sheila on Review: Sitting in Bars with Cake (2023)
- sheila on Review: Sitting in Bars with Cake (2023)
- Anthony Cinelli on Meeting Elia Kazan
- Walter Biggins on Review: Sitting in Bars with Cake (2023)
- sheila on #TBT Tomboy scrapper
Categories
Archives
-
FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM
Tag Archives: Tuesday Weld
Substack: Catching up with interesting people saying interesting things
Link roundup on my Substack, to my own stuff, yes, but also to some things I’ve read over the last month I adore: a beautiful piece by my friend Charlie on Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Dreamers, an interview with director Susan … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Personal
Tagged Joan Didion, Play It As It Lays, Substack, Tuesday Weld
Leave a comment
“I do not ever want to be a huge star.” — Tuesday Weld
It’s her birthday today. From the great “Pretty Poison” (1968) with Anthony Perkins. And below you can see her as the creepily blank and heart-achingly gorgeous teenage majorette in the fantastic opening sequence of the film. See Pretty Poison if … Continue reading
April 2022 Viewing Diary
When I first got the Raging Bull gig, I began a re-watch of all the Scorsese-De Niro movies – at least the ones clustered around that period. I grew up on these films. These movies were huge to me as … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged Anjelica Huston, biopic, Brian De Palma, Canada, Christopher Walken, comedy, Dana Andrews, documentary, drama, Elia Kazan, F. Scott Fitzgerald, France, historical drama, Italy, Jack Nicholson, Jane Fonda, Joan Didion, John Cazale, Liza Minnelli, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Mickey Rourke, musical, Ray Milland, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Robert Mitchum, romantic drama, Russia, sci-fi, Tuesday Weld, Ukraine, Vietnam, women directors, WWII
12 Comments
February 2022 Viewing Diary
Working really really hard on a couple of big things right now. This takes up so much brain space. It’s mentally exhausting. Not complaining, just stating facts. During times like this, I lean towards true crime docuseries, or re-watches. Or … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged Australia, Curfew, documentary, drama, Elvis Presley, England, horror, Joachim Trier, musical, Norway, short film, Tuesday Weld, Western
4 Comments
April 2020 Viewing Diary
Almost Love (2020; d. Mike Doyle) This movie really irritated me. I reviewed for Ebert. Lovesick. (original title Scrotal Recall) (2014/2016/2018; d. Tom Edge) Again. I finished it up last month and started a re-watch immediately. Johnny Flynn crush going … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged Canada, comedy, documentary, drama, England, Germany, Hitler, Ireland, Joan Didion, Johnny Flynn, Leonardo DiCaprio, romantic drama, Slings & Arrows, Steven Spielberg, Supernatural, Sweden, Syria, Taiwan, Tuesday Weld, women directors
2 Comments
For Tuesday Weld’s Birthday: An Electric Pairing
Tuesday Weld, Elvis Presley Tuesday Weld, Elvis Presley’s sometimes girl, was also his costar in the wonderful Wild in the Country (1961), where they play two individuals who, at first, circle warily around each other, like cats who either want … Continue reading
My talk at the old Memphian Theatre: Elvis in Hollywood
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
22 Comments
A QA with Jeremy Richey about Elvis Presley As An Actor
Jeremy Richey’s site Moon in the Gutter has been an almost-daily pitstop for me ever since I discovered it years ago. He approaches his topics with passion and enthusiasm, and reminds me of one of those buttons on Facebook that … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Movies
Tagged Elvis Presley, interviews, King Creole, Live a Little Love a Little, Michael Curtiz, Tuesday Weld, Wild in the Country
78 Comments