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Sunday, September 11, 2022 at 8:34AM Curated for you so you don't have to spend time on Twitter. We begin with a perfect tweet timed to daily film festival nonsense (before moving on to more festival nonsense)...
BREAKING: Martin Scorsese's THE AGE OF INNOCENCE just received a 20-minute standing ovation from me in my living room after viewing it for the 100th time
— La Pfeiffer (@La_Pfeiffer) September 9, 2022
Monday, July 11, 2022 at 7:31PM 'Stage Door' is our new theater column. We'll review plays and musicals but, because this is a film site, we'll end each column with related movie suggestions. - Editor
Mr & Mrs Charlie Wilson, the suddenly precarious couple at the heart of "Chains"
The work of British playwright Elizabeth Baker (1876-1962) has never been adapted to the cinema but not for lack of worthiness. Her most famous play, "Chains", is currently enjoying a revival Off Broadway. On the night we attended we learned, via the introduction, that the Mint's artistic director worried during its pandemic-forced delay that "Chains" might not resonate to modern audiences. The Mint forged ahead anyway only to realize that the fears were unfounded; class struggle and existential dilemmas are timeless topics...
Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at 7:00PM It didn't take long for Winona Ryder to capture the Academy's attention. In 1990, Mermaids marked the young actress' first brush with awards buzz, and, three years later, The Age of Innocence cashed in on that promise. For playing May Welland, the fiancée, then wife, of Daniel Day-Lewis' Newland Archer, Winona Ryder was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar and probably came quite close to winning. She won the Golden Globe and Anna Paquin's win at the Oscars for The Piano was considered a surprise at the time. And yet, reading reviews from the time and even modern considerations, it's clear that Ryder's performance isn't as universally beloved as her victories might imply. Indeed, it's divisive work…
Friday, January 22, 2021 at 8:00AM 5 random things that happened on this day, January 22nd, in showbiz history
1954 The 11th Golden Globes are held. The Robe wins Best Drama but there wasn't a Best Comedy or Musical category for 1953 films. How strange... I mean Kiss Me Kate AND Roman Holiday AND Calamity Jane AND How to Marry a Millionaire AND The Band Wagon were all right there! But really it's true of almost every awards institution that the first decade plus is rife with inconsistencies. The Globe only really settled into the traditional field of nominees and categories we have now later in the 1950s.
1959 Room at the Top premieres in the UK...
Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 1:20PM • Jackie Beat "Golden Girls in Quarantine" = good lolz. Jackie Beat continues to do an incredible Dorothy
• Deadline the cast of Tom Hanks 1996's That Thing You Do! is going to reunite this Friday to raise money for COVID-19 Relief
• The Atlantic interesting profile of Sarah Barnett, the TV Executive who keeps taking giant risks that pay off (hi, Killing Eve)
After the jump Laika's generosity, Schitt's Creek's LGBTQ power, Madonna's 'Blonde Ambition' anniversary, Disney live stream, the new Dune and more...
