Myra Hudson is a woman in control of her life. As a successful
playwright, and an heiress to a significant fortune that she doesn’t
particularly want or need, her life seems to be perfect. She ...
While FX’s Feud may have made an unsavory introduction of Joan
Crawford and Bette Davis to non-classic movie fans, some
theaters took the show’s popularity as an opportunity to highlight...
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It takes a lot of skill to make a movie look easy, and when Billy
Wilder’s at his best, his films can appear almost effortless, moving
forward so naturally that I’m often surprised, and a bit...
The late 1960s were a turbulent time of new cultures, changing norms,
and shifting values, and one place that was immediately obvious was
in Hollywood. With the downfall of the studio system, t...
The Manchurian Candidate is a heady, political thriller from a heady,
political time. Released in 1962, the film is set a decade prior, in
1952, yet still manages to tell a tale that rings
recog...
Though he’s remembered mostly as a song-and-dance man, Gene Kelly
also performed in a handful of films that required no tap shoes or
leotards; straight dramas that required only acting chops a...
With 14 Oscar nominations and 11 wins—both of which remain (tied)
records—James Cameron’s 1997 film Titanic has surely secured an
indelible place in Oscar history. But the actual disaste...
