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Are they cinema's worst bad girls?
20 April 2012 4:07 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Who's got the best putdowns, the biggest hair, and the most guys? Whit Stillman's Damsels, or their rivals?
The Damsels
From Damsels in Distress
Who Self-righteous social reformer Violet (played by mumblecore darling Greta Gerwig) leads a trio of hyper-articulate college co-eds on a mission to prevent student suicide. Through tap-dancing.
The newbie Shy, insecure transfer student Lily is the Damsels' new protegee. And she's not even handicapped or depressed. They're progressive like that.
Killer line "Speaking of suicide prevention, do you have a boyfriend, Lily?"
Sartorial code Giving Zooey Deschanel a run for her Marc Jacobs in the kooky stakes with preppy pastel sundresses and twee twin-sets.
Pet hates Doofi (the non-standard but preferred plural of doofus), the "atmosphere of male barbarism" and people who aren't clinically depressed but eat their free medicinal doughnuts anyway.
Affiliations A French pseudo-intellectual, various "playboy operator types" and a frat boy so »
- Kate Wills
5 Things You May Not Know About Douglas Sirk's 'Imitation Of Life,' 53 Years Since Since It Was First Released
17 April 2012 7:02 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
The Oscar-winning success of last year's "The Help" was a throwback in many ways, principally to the socially-conscious melodramas of Stanley Kramer, like "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner." Another comparison point that came up frequently in reviews of Tate Taylor's film was "Imitation Of Life," the 1959 film by director Douglas Sirk, but it's scarcely fair: over fifty years on, Sirk's picture stands head and shoulders above virtually every other melodrama.
The story follows widow and aspiring actress Lora (Lana Turner), whose daughter Susie goes missing at the beach, and is found by an African-American divorcee, Annie Johnson (Juanita Moore), there with her own light-skinned daughter, Sarah Jane. The two become friends, Lora taking Annie in as a housekeeper, and Annie's care helping Lora achieve her dream of becoming a Broadway star. Eleven years later, however, their children have grown up, and Susie (Sandra Dee) develops a crush on her mother's boyfriend Steve, »
- Oliver Lyttelton
Matthew Carnahan: He's Gay, He's Straight, He's Transgender... He's Roscoe!
20 March 2012 6:43 AM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
When I set out to write a son for Marty Kaan, Don Cheadle's ethically challenged character on House of Lies, I thought, "What kind of kid would just undo this guy? What kind of kid would unbalance and upend Marty? What kind of kid would take him out of his role as smug superman who can solve any "case" using a variety of consulting tricks and genuine analytical genius?" And I came up with Roscoe, based loosely on several children I've met over the years whose gender identities have come differently from those of the majority of their peers. He's a kid who'd rather play Sandy than Danny Zucko in Grease -- for now. And in creating a challenge for Marty, I've also encountered a barometer for the varying attitudes and preconceptions of the audience. An entire segment of the audience simply dismisses Roscoe as gay. Another immediately jumps »
- Matthew Carnahan
St. Louis Black Film Festival Continues This Week with Imitation Of Life and Cooley High
13 February 2012 7:56 PM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
The folks behind the St. Louis Black Film Festival Presents a Classic Black Film Double Feature for Black History Month at Landmark’s Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar in St. Louis’ Loop) each Thursday in February. Last year the St. Louis Black Film Festival presented a series of new films by black filmmakers, but this year are going back into the vaults and digging out some vintage cinema for audiences with an interest in black history to enjoy on the big screen.
The offerings for this Thursday, February 16th are Imitation Of Life (1959), at 5pm and Cooley High at 7pm.
Get out your handkerchiefs for Imitation Of Life (1959), the second filming of the Fannie Hurst book previously filmed in 1934. It’s a gloss-heavy production which takes actress Lana Turner from penniless single mom to lavishly-coiffed and gowned movie star. Sandra Dee plays her bitter, neglected daughter and John Gavin is Lana’s eternal best friend. »
- Tom Stockman
Diane Ehrensaft, Ph.D.: Look At Him, He's Sandra Dee: What 'House Of Lies' Can Teach Us About Gender-Nonconforming Children
25 January 2012 2:33 PM, PST | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
On Jan. 8, 2012, in a television series seemingly about corporate greed and rampant sexuality -- Showtime's new series House of Lies, starring Don Cheadle -- a very unconventional child character made his debut on American television: Marty Kaan, the main character in House of Lies, stalwartly goes to bat for his gender-nonconforming, 12-year-old son Roscoe. Roscoe wears skirts and drapes himself in shimmery scarves. He has a major goal: to get picked for the part of Sandy in his school's production of Grease. And he gets the part, until a mother complains -- it's a girl's part, after all. Marty is befuddled by his son's gender transgressions, but Marty's own wise father, a retired mental health professional, offers his son sound counsel: just let Roscoe be who he is.
Marty and Roscoe are only fictional characters. But they mirror the challenges that are facing real families and real classrooms all around the country and beyond. »
- Diane Ehrensaft, Ph.D.
James Farentino Dead at 73: Dynasty, Sandra Dee/Patty Duke Leading Man
24 January 2012 7:08 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
James Farentino, best remembered for his roles in the television series The Bold Ones: The Lawyers and Dynasty, died of heart failure earlier today at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 73. A Brooklyn native (born on Feb. 24, 1938), Farentino made his Broadway debut in the 1961 production of Tennessee Williams' Night of the Iguana, starring Bette Davis, Margaret Leighton, and Patrick O'Neal. The following year, he began guesting on various television series, among them The Defenders, Route 66, and 77 Sunset Strip. Despite a Golden Globe as Most Promising Newcomer – Male for Brian G. Hutton's 1967 comedy The Pad and How to Use It, Farentino's film career was a minor one. He did, however, play one of the leads in a more important comedy that same year, David Lowell Rich's Rosie!, based on a play co-written by Ruth Gordon, and starring Rosalind Russell, Sandra Dee, and Brian Aherne. Additionally, »
- Andre Soares
Night Gallery Season 3: DVD Release Details and Cover Art
17 January 2012 12:00 PM, PST | DailyDead | See recent DailyDead news »
Night Gallery Season 2 was released on DVD in 2008, so fans have been waiting quite some time for the 3rd and final season to hit DVD. Universal has announced that they will be releasing all 20 episodes of Night Gallery Season 3 on April 10th. Keep reading to take a look at the synopsis and cover art:
“Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the Night Gallery.” Join master of mystery Rod Serling (The Twilight Zone) as he invites you into the transfixing world of fantasy, horror and science fiction of the Night Gallery. In its third and final season, Serling once again presents stories that still leave an undeniable chill, filled with restless spirits, murderous spouses and unidentified terrors that go bump in the night. Featuring a sensational roster of entertainment legends including Vincent Price, Mickey Rooney, Sally Field, Sandra Dee, Bill Bixby, and Leonard Nimoy, you’ll want to be there as the »
- Jonathan James
Jack Kerouac/The Subterraneans Movie, Pre-Kristen Stewart On The Road/Mary Lou
8 January 2012 4:16 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
On The Road Letter: Jack Kerouac Wanted Marlon Brando for Dean; Kerouac Would Play Sal [Photo: Leslie Caron.] On the Road was never made into a movie during Jack Kerouac's lifetime. However, the lesser-known The Subterraneans, which Kerouac mentions in his letter to Marlon Brando, was turned into an MGM movie in 1960. Needless to say, the final film had little in common with Kerouac's semi-autobiographical novella about an interethnic romance. In the Subterraneans movie, Kerouac's character, Leo Percepied, is played by George Peppard. The "colored" girl, Mardou Fox, minus the color but with the addition of a French accent is played by Leslie Caron. Others in the film's cast were Janice Rule, Roddy McDowall, Anne Seymour, and Jim Hutton (as the fictional Allan Ginsberg). Former screenwriter Ranald MacDougall (Mildred Pierce, Possessed, The Hasty Heart) directed from a screenplay by Robert Thom. "While none of the portrayals is distinguished," wrote A.H. Weiler in the New York Times, »
- Andre Soares
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