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2017: A Year In Film and Music

22 Friday Dec 2017

Posted by marina72 in Film, Lana Del Rey, Music, Television

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A Year in Films and TV, A Year in Music, Anne Bancroft, Ava Gardner, Billie Holiday, Chuck Berry, David Lynch, Fats Domino, Fences, From the Land of the Moon, Harry Dean Stanton, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Jackie, Jeanne Moreau, Julie London, L.A. Witch, Lana Del Rey, Louise Brooks, Loving, Lust for Life, Mudbound, Pandora's Box, Star Wars, The Last Jedi, The Navigator, Twin Peaks

For me, this year was dominated by the return of Twin Peaks, reaffirming David Lynch’s status as the most daring filmmaker of our time. Dark, playful and thrilling, it once again pushed the outer limits of television.  Continue reading →

Ava Gardner: A Life in Movies

03 Tuesday Oct 2017

Posted by marina72 in Books, Film, Non-Fiction

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Anthony Uzarowski, Ava Gardner, Frank Sinatra, Kendra Bean, MGM

Ava Gardner: the name conjures timeless elegance. She was a North Carolina sharecropper’s daughter whose beauty gave her the regal bearing of a goddess. Beyond the glamorous aura, she is most often recalled for her stormy personal life, and especially her marriage to Frank Sinatra. But this is only a partial vision of one of the greatest female stars of the 1940s and 50s. Even the most devout cinephiles often overlook her unique contribution to post-war American cinema. Continue reading →

Darkness Into Light: Ava Gardner and Marilyn

06 Tuesday Mar 2012

Posted by marina72 in Film, Marilyn Monroe

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Ava Gardner, Charles Laughton, Frank Sinatra, George Cukor, Howard Hughes, Jack Cardiff, Joe Mankiewicz, John F. Kennedy, John Huston, Joyce Carol Oates, Marilyn Monroe, Mickey Rooney

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Milton Greene, 1953

A brunette and a blonde, born four years apart and raised in Depression era America: both found fame in post-war Hollywood, where their mythic beauty inspired directors, lovers and poets.  Continue reading →

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