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7 May 2013 3:41 AM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »

Oscar winners Olivia de Havilland and Luise Rainer among movie stars of the 1930s still alive With the passing of Deanna Durbin this past April, only a handful of movie stars of the 1930s remain on Planet Earth. Below is a (I believe) full list of surviving Hollywood "movie stars of the 1930s," in addition to a handful of secondary players, chiefly those who achieved stardom in the ensuing decade. Note: There’s only one male performer on the list — and curiously, four of the five child actresses listed below were born in April. (Please scroll down to check out the list of Oscar winners at the 75th Academy Awards, held on March 23, 2003, as seen in the picture above. Click on the photo to enlarge it. © A.M.P.A.S.) Two-time Oscar winner and London resident Luise Rainer (The Great Ziegfeld, The Good Earth, The Great Waltz), 103 last January »

- Andre Soares

28 April 2013 12:43 AM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »

Jeff Nichols’ ‘Mud’ is ‘no ordinary movie’ (photo: Matthew McConaughey in ‘Mud’) Ostensibly, writer-director Jeff Nichols’ Mud is about the titular character, played by Matthew McConaughey, who’s on the run from the law and the family of a man he killed for love of a woman, Juniper, played by a bedraggled Reese Witherspoon. That’s a fine, if ordinary, foundation for a thriller — though this is no ordinary movie by any stretch. In fact, Mud isn’t even about the character Mud; instead, it’s a coming-of-age story that’s part mystery, fable, and thriller. Beneath it all lies a love story — indeed, several love stories, all tied together through the heart of a young boy called Ellis (The Tree of Life‘s Tye Sheridan in an accomplished performance): a witness to the death of love in his family, Ellis feels it in his heart and is willing to do anything, »

- Tim Cogshell

28 March 2013 3:11 PM, PDT | Tubefilter.com | See recent Tubefilter News news »

The other installments in our Lizzie Bennet Week have led up to this. The fictional vlogger has released her final update, thanking her fans for tuning in to all 100 episodes. The content of the vlog is very lovey-dovey, with Lizzie sharing tender moments with both Charlotte and her little sister Lydia. Such an upbeat tone is consistent with the end of Pride and Prejudice, where everyone gets hitched and they all presumably live happily ever after. As previously mentioned, the end of Lizzie Bennet Diaries is far from the end for Bernie Su and Hank Green's practice of adapting classic literature for the web series format. The Welcome to Sanditon companion series will release in May, and a new book will adapted starting sometime this summer. While Emma is the odds-on favorite, I also stand by the other six source material choices I proposed yesterday. A few honorable mention: The Great Gatsby, »

- Sam Gutelle

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