In ‘We Tell Ourselves Stories,’ Alissa Wilkinson Explores Joan Didion’s Time in Hollywood: ‘It’s a New Framework to Look at Her Work’
In 2020, film critic Alissa Wilkinson started working on a book project about Joan Didion. She wanted to explore the iconic ...
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‘Being Maria’ charts a bisexual actress’ traumatic encounter with Marlon Brando
Actors don’t choose, roles choose actors,” says one character in Jessica Palud’s “Being Maria.” A biopic of bisexual actor ...
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‘The Wild Bunch’: Sam Peckinpah’s blood-gushing epic neo-Western
A look at the 1969 classic ahead of its showing at UW Cinematheque March 8 as part of the series “Sam Peckinpah Centennial.” ...
What Hollywood meant to Joan Didion
We Tell Ourselves Stories,” by Alissa Wilkinson, looks at how Didion both shaped and was shaped by the movies.
‘The Sound of Music’ turns 60: Hit movie saved Fox — but drunken star Christopher Plummer hated it
“Fox lost $15 million on actual film production, a then astronomical sum that forced the company to sell both stock and real ...
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Gene Hackman, found dead at 95, was one of Hollywood’s most respected actors
Gene Hackman, the prolific Oscar-winning actor whose studied portraits ranged from reluctant heroes to conniving villains and ...
Children of Paradise is the greatest film to come out of France, even 80 years on
Filmed as war raged across Europe, Children of Paradise is a masterpiece: a nostalgic love letter to Paris, the theatre and ...
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‘The Sound of Music’ turns 60: Hit movie saved Fox — but drunken star Christopher Plummer hated it
Pauline Kael called the wholesome, Austria-set musical starring Julie Andrews a “sugar-coated lie” in a pan review that is said to have gotten her fired from McCall magazine. The New York ...
Didion is a guide to understanding American culture and its dysfunction, but she’s not the only one
Trump says he’s lifting tariffs on most goods from Mexico for one month amid economic fears from trade war ...
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The Most Important Cyberpunk Movie Ever Is Back On Netflix
These days, pointing out that Blade Runner is good is like pointing out that ice cream is tasty; most people have heard by ...
One song in 'The Sound of Music,' 60 this year, sums up our moment. Why isn't it in the film?
The Sound of Music,' 60 this year, is one of the most successful films of all time. It also marked a cultural crossroads.
Gene Hackman and Wife Betsy Arakawa Found Dead in Santa Fe Home; Oscar-Winning Star of ‘French Connection’ and ‘Unforgiven’ Was 95
Gene Hackman (“The French Connection," "Unforgiven") and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead in their Santa Fe home ...