GENTLEMEN PREFER ANITA LOOS
In the weeks leading up this this year’s Academy Awards, Lesley Blume paid long-overdue tribute to pioneering screenwriter Anita Loos in a well-researched ARTICLE for the Hollywood Reporter. It reminded me of my own encounter with the woman responsible for Gentlemen…
ADIEU TO DAVID SHEPARD
I was 16 years old when I first met David Shepard, and before our first conversation was over he offered to loan me a 16mm print to screen for my high school Motion Picture Club. It was a typically…
NEW TRAILERS FOR VINTAGE FILMS
Jon Mirsalis is a very talented guy, as anyone who has heard him accompany silent films over the years can confirm. He has even integrated a synthesizer into his work, to make his scores more effective by replicating the…
MEET MOVIE MIKE
America first encountered “Movie Mike” Clark as a 10-year-old film expert on the hugely popular TV quiz show The $64,000 Question. I met him when he was attending the NYU Graduate School of Cinema and we’ve been friends ever…
THE BEST FILMS AND PERFORMANCES YOU MISSED IN 2016 Pt. 2
How do good movies manage to slip through the cracks? Sometimes a distributor hasn’t spent enough money on advertising and promotion. It may be that the reviews aren’t strong enough. And sometimes people just aren’t attracted to a particular…
THE BEST FILMS AND PERFORMANCES YOU MISSED IN 2016 Pt. 1
Most avid movie fans I know spend January seeing the year-end releases that are being talked up for awards. I propose an alternative: why not seek out good films and great performances that the award-givers have overlooked? Almost all…
The Unsinkable Debbie Reynolds
This is a sad time…sadder than words can easily express. But when I think of Debbie Reynolds, it’s hard not to smile. One time she agreed to come to Entertainment Tonight’s offices to shoot an interview. I didn’t want…
