Is ‘Easy Rider’ still relevant after 40 years?
Some movies start out great and then age like fine wine (the first two “Godfather” pictures fall into this category). Other movies are dismissed by critics, bomb at the box-office and only become...
View ArticleAre we experiencing a second ‘Youthquake’?
The January Vogue has a neat retro 1960s feel thanks to the “Youthquake 2010” banner headline and a wide array of stories and pictures focusing on the way pop culture and fashion are mixing today. It’s...
View Article#FridayReads ‘My Lunches with Orson’
2013 was a great year for books about old-time Hollywood. First, we had the fantastic “Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations” and then “My Lunches with Orson” (Metropolitan Books) which preserves a...
View ArticleOscar forecasts: can’t we just wait & see?
It is somewhat ironic that with more people than ever handicapping the Oscars — often many months in advance — last night’s telecast showed a lot of that buzzing to be pointless. Preliminary awards...
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