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Category Archives: Television

2025: A Year in Film

12 Monday Jan 2026

Posted by marina72 in Film, Non-Fiction, Television

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2025, A Year in Films and TV, Barbara Loden, BFI, Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry, Brian Murphy, Chase Infiniti, Cheers, Claudia Cardinale, Close Your Eyes, Corsica, David Lynch, Diane Ladd, Eka Chavleishvili, Elena Gorfinkel, Elene Naveriani, Film Noir, From Hilde With Love, Gene Hackman, George and Mildred, George Wendt, Georgia, Germany, Ghjuvanna Benedetti, Hard Truths, Hilde Coppi, India, Iran, It Was Just An Accident, Jafar Panahi, Joana Santos, Josh O'Connor, Julien Colonna, Kathy Burke, Kelly Reichardt, Laura Carreira, Liv Lisa Fries, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Martin Scorsese, Mayukh Sen, Merle Oberon, Mike Leigh, Nina Mae McKinney, Norman Eshley, On Falling, One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson, Picturehouse, Portugal, Prunella Scales, Rebekah Del Rio, Robert Redford, Sandhya Suri, Santosh, Saveriu Santucci, Scotland, Shahana Goswami, Some Like It Hot, Spain, Steven Cohan, Terence Stamp, The Kingdom, The Mastermind, The New Hollywood, Thomas Pynchon, Victor Erice, Wanda

Adapted from Thomas Pynchon’s novel, Vineland, no recent film speaks to our chaotic moment like One Battle After Another. Hilarious and unrelenting – with bravura turns from Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio Del Toro, newcomer Chase Infiniti, and Regina Hall – this screwball odyssey affirms director Paul Thomas Anderson as America’s millennial auteur. Continue reading →

Rosalina Neri: From ‘La Marilyn Italiana’ to Milanese Diva

10 Tuesday Sep 2024

Posted by marina72 in Film, Marilyn Monroe, Music, Television, Theatre

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Arthur Miller, Diana Dors, Italy, ITV, Jack Hylton, John F. Kennedy, Lookalikes, Marilyn Monroe, Milan, Opera, Rosalina Neri, The Misfits

Rosalina Neri, the singer and actress known as ‘la Marilyn Italiana’ (or ‘Marilina’) has died aged 96 after a short illness. Continue reading →

61 Years Ago: Retracing Marilyn’s Moment in Time

05 Saturday Aug 2023

Posted by marina72 in Anniversaries, Books, Documentaries, Marilyn Monroe, Television, Updates

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Asteroid City, BBC, Chris Wade, Criterion, Documentaries, Elisa Jordan, Elliott Erwitt, Eve Arnold, Film International, George Toles, Jean Howard, Kim Morgan, Magnum Photos, Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Monroe: Portrait of an Actress, Marilyn Remembered, Michelle Morgan, Philippe Halsman, Reframed: Marilyn Monroe, Richard Avedon, Richard Barrios, The Misfits, Wes Anderson, Yours Retro

Marilyn Monroe died 61 years ago; after passing into eternal rest, her body was found in the early hours of August 5th, 1962. Continue reading →

Stella Stevens: An Adventurous Blonde

19 Sunday Feb 2023

Posted by marina72 in Film, Marilyn Monroe, Television, Theatre

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Bus Stop, Dean Martin, Eli Wallach, Elvis Presley, Golden Globes, Jean Harlow, Jerry Lewis, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Peter Bogdanovich, Playboy, Sex Symbols, Stella Stevens, The Ballad of Cable Hogue, The Blue Angel, The Nutty Professor, The Poseidon Adventure

Actress Stella Stevens died in Los Angeles on Friday, February 17th, 2023, aged 84. Continue reading →

2022: A Year in Film and TV

31 Saturday Dec 2022

Posted by marina72 in Film, Television

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A Year in Films and TV, Agatha Christie, Annie Ernaux, Audrey Diwan, Benicio del Toro, Better Call Saul, Emily, Emily Bronte, Emma Mackey, Frances O'Connor, Happening, Hit the Road, Julia Garner, Licorice Pizza, Nightmare Alley, Oscar Isaac, Ozark, Panah Panahi, Paul Schrader, Paul Thomas Anderson, Peter Bowles, Rhea Seehorn, Rooney Mara, Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, See How They Run, The Card Counter, Tom George

My favourite film of 2022 was one of the first I saw. Licorice Pizza is so light and joyful, with newcomers Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman perfectly cast as the goofy young lovers in the San Fernando Valley of 1973. Continue reading →

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