Marilyn Monroe‘s star burned brightly and briefly before her untimely death in 1962 at age 36. Yet she managed to enter the pop culture lexicon with just a handful of films, becoming Hollywood’s most memorable sex symbol. In honor of her birthday, let’s take a look back at 15 of her greatest films, ranked worst to best.
Born in 1926, Monroe started off as a model before moving into acting with a series of bit parts, most notably in “All About Eve” and “The Asphalt Jungle,” both released in 1950. She became a leading lady with a trio of 1953 titles: the noir “Niagara,” the musical “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and the romantic comedy “How to Marry a Millionaire.”
She became iconic thanks to Billy Wilder‘s “The Seven Year Itch” (1955), in which she played a young woman tantalizing her married neighbor (Tom Ewell). Her image was forever burned into our memories thanks to...
Born in 1926, Monroe started off as a model before moving into acting with a series of bit parts, most notably in “All About Eve” and “The Asphalt Jungle,” both released in 1950. She became a leading lady with a trio of 1953 titles: the noir “Niagara,” the musical “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and the romantic comedy “How to Marry a Millionaire.”
She became iconic thanks to Billy Wilder‘s “The Seven Year Itch” (1955), in which she played a young woman tantalizing her married neighbor (Tom Ewell). Her image was forever burned into our memories thanks to...
- 5/24/2024
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Hallmark’s Spring Into Love just kicked off with Katherine Barrell and Tyler Hynes’ new movie Shifting Gears. However, the streaming app Hallmark Movies Now has already been airing the April movie Falling In Love In Niagara starring Jocelyn Hudon, and Dan Jeannotte.
What is this new movie about? Moreover, how can romcom fans watch this new movie early on the app?
Photo: Tyler Hynes, Katherine Barrell Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Albert Camicioli What Is Falling In Love In Niagara About?
Hallmark is headed to Niagara in their new movie Falling In Love In Niagara. What is it about? According to IMDb, Madeline is a Type A personality who has a list for everything. She likes things to be safe because of her past. Now, she is engaged and everything is headed to a perfect, safe life.
Also, Madeline has dreamed of going to Niagara for her honeymoon. That is...
What is this new movie about? Moreover, how can romcom fans watch this new movie early on the app?
Photo: Tyler Hynes, Katherine Barrell Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Albert Camicioli What Is Falling In Love In Niagara About?
Hallmark is headed to Niagara in their new movie Falling In Love In Niagara. What is it about? According to IMDb, Madeline is a Type A personality who has a list for everything. She likes things to be safe because of her past. Now, she is engaged and everything is headed to a perfect, safe life.
Also, Madeline has dreamed of going to Niagara for her honeymoon. That is...
- 3/26/2024
- by Georgia Makitalo
- TV Shows Ace
Exclusive: Strand Entertainment, the newly launched management/production company of industry veterans Jeff Golenberg and Jason Shapiro, has signed actress Robin Tunney.
Best known for leading roles on Fox’s Prison Break, CBS’s The Mentalist and The Fix, ABC’s legal drama co-created by famed attorney Marcia Clark, Tunney was most recently seen recurring opposite Connie Britton and Taylor Schilling on Jason Katims’ Apple TV+ drama series Dear Edward, based on Ann Napolitano’s novel of the same name.
The actress made her film debut opposite Brendan Fraser in 1992’s Encino Man and quickly rose to prominence with roles in cult classics like Empire Records, The Craft and Niagara, Niagara, for which she was nominated for Gotham and Independent Spirit Awards.
Most recently appearing on the film side in Jeff Baena’s film Horsegirl starring Allison Brie, Tunney continues to be repped by Gersh.
Golenberg and Shapiro earlier today...
Best known for leading roles on Fox’s Prison Break, CBS’s The Mentalist and The Fix, ABC’s legal drama co-created by famed attorney Marcia Clark, Tunney was most recently seen recurring opposite Connie Britton and Taylor Schilling on Jason Katims’ Apple TV+ drama series Dear Edward, based on Ann Napolitano’s novel of the same name.
The actress made her film debut opposite Brendan Fraser in 1992’s Encino Man and quickly rose to prominence with roles in cult classics like Empire Records, The Craft and Niagara, Niagara, for which she was nominated for Gotham and Independent Spirit Awards.
Most recently appearing on the film side in Jeff Baena’s film Horsegirl starring Allison Brie, Tunney continues to be repped by Gersh.
Golenberg and Shapiro earlier today...
- 3/8/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Hogwarts Legacy last year and fans of the Harry Potter franchise and critics alike gave the game a rousing review. A year later, the game still counts as one of the best-selling games of last year. While rumors of a sequel have been going around for a long time now, there’s one big change that’s coming to the sequel that is all set to improve the visuals and the overall experience even further.
Hogwarts Legacy already boasted of stunning graphics that matched the magic in the game and improving it further is bound to please the fans even more. For now, these are just rumors as there are no official announcements or updates about a sequel from the developers.
Unreal Engine 5 All Set to Overhaul the Graphics in Hogwarts Legacy Sequel
The sequel to Hogwarts Legacy will now get a visual and graphical overhaul thanks to Unreal Engine...
Hogwarts Legacy already boasted of stunning graphics that matched the magic in the game and improving it further is bound to please the fans even more. For now, these are just rumors as there are no official announcements or updates about a sequel from the developers.
Unreal Engine 5 All Set to Overhaul the Graphics in Hogwarts Legacy Sequel
The sequel to Hogwarts Legacy will now get a visual and graphical overhaul thanks to Unreal Engine...
- 3/5/2024
- by Ayoub Hassan Adur
- FandomWire
Calling all fishing enthusiasts and outdoor adventurers! Get ready for an exciting escapade as “BigWater Adventures” returns with Episode 7, titled “Exploring New York’s Niagara Region.” This thrilling episode is set to air on Monday, February 12, 2024, at 3:30 Pm on Outd.
Hosted by the seasoned angler Mark Davis, “BigWater Adventures” takes viewers on a journey into the heart of the Niagara/Ontario region in western New York. While Mark is renowned for his pursuit of saltwater monsters, this episode showcases his freshwater retreat in a completely different setting.
Viewers can expect a mesmerizing exploration of the pristine waters and natural beauty of the Niagara region. Mark’s passion for fishing and the great outdoors shines as he embarks on thrilling freshwater adventures. Whether you’re an avid angler or simply appreciate the serenity of nature, this episode offers a captivating blend of fishing excitement and scenic wonder.
From casting lines to reeling in catches,...
Hosted by the seasoned angler Mark Davis, “BigWater Adventures” takes viewers on a journey into the heart of the Niagara/Ontario region in western New York. While Mark is renowned for his pursuit of saltwater monsters, this episode showcases his freshwater retreat in a completely different setting.
Viewers can expect a mesmerizing exploration of the pristine waters and natural beauty of the Niagara region. Mark’s passion for fishing and the great outdoors shines as he embarks on thrilling freshwater adventures. Whether you’re an avid angler or simply appreciate the serenity of nature, this episode offers a captivating blend of fishing excitement and scenic wonder.
From casting lines to reeling in catches,...
- 2/5/2024
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
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You might feel like you need a shower after Blonde, but hey, at least it’s not bland. In his first narrative feature in 10 years, Andrew Dominik brings intoxicating visual style and a voyeuristic leer to Joyce Carol Oates’ 700-plus page biographical fiction novel of the same name. A mythic fable about Marilyn Monroe as an unwanted child desired by millions, passed around by men as she desperately searched for someone to call “Daddy” on her path to self-destruction, this is a treatise on celebrity and the sex symbol that blurs not only reality with fantasy but also empathy with exploitation. Either despite or because of all that, it’s a must-see.
There’s a lot of great stuff here, particularly a raw performance from Ana de Armas that strips the most examined woman in pop-culture history bare, literally and metaphorically. But as...
You might feel like you need a shower after Blonde, but hey, at least it’s not bland. In his first narrative feature in 10 years, Andrew Dominik brings intoxicating visual style and a voyeuristic leer to Joyce Carol Oates’ 700-plus page biographical fiction novel of the same name. A mythic fable about Marilyn Monroe as an unwanted child desired by millions, passed around by men as she desperately searched for someone to call “Daddy” on her path to self-destruction, this is a treatise on celebrity and the sex symbol that blurs not only reality with fantasy but also empathy with exploitation. Either despite or because of all that, it’s a must-see.
There’s a lot of great stuff here, particularly a raw performance from Ana de Armas that strips the most examined woman in pop-culture history bare, literally and metaphorically. But as...
- 9/8/2022
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Slate includes Nigerian comedy-drama ‘Niagara’.
Sphere Films International, formerly WaZabi Films, heads to Toronto with sales rights to TIFF Platform pair Viking and Riceboy Sleeps and Australian Discovery selection Sweet As.
Viking is a French and English-language sci-fi drama directed by Montreal’s Stéphane Lafleur about researchers who try to replicate a manned mission to Mars in the hopes of solving conflict among the real crew.
Luc Déry and Kim McCraw of micro_scope produced Viking, which Lafleur co-wrote with Eric K. Boulianne. Hamza Haq stars alongside Fabiola N. Aladin, Marie Brassard and Larissa Corriveau.
Lafleur’s first film Continental,...
Sphere Films International, formerly WaZabi Films, heads to Toronto with sales rights to TIFF Platform pair Viking and Riceboy Sleeps and Australian Discovery selection Sweet As.
Viking is a French and English-language sci-fi drama directed by Montreal’s Stéphane Lafleur about researchers who try to replicate a manned mission to Mars in the hopes of solving conflict among the real crew.
Luc Déry and Kim McCraw of micro_scope produced Viking, which Lafleur co-wrote with Eric K. Boulianne. Hamza Haq stars alongside Fabiola N. Aladin, Marie Brassard and Larissa Corriveau.
Lafleur’s first film Continental,...
- 8/9/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Slate includes Australian Discovery selection ‘Sweet As’, Nigerian comedy-drama ‘Niagara’.
Sphere Films International, formerly WaZabi Films, heads to Toronto with sales rights to TIFF Platform pair Viking and Riceboy Sleeps.
Viking is a French and English-language sci-fi drama directed by Montreal’s Stéphane Lafleur about researchers who try to replicate a manned mission to Mars in the hopes of solving conflict among the real crew.
Luc Déry and Kim McCraw of micro_scope produced Viking, which Lafleur co-wrote with Eric K. Boulianne. Hamza Haq stars alongside Fabiola N. Aladin, Marie Brassard and Larissa Corriveau.
Lafleur’s first film Continental, A...
Sphere Films International, formerly WaZabi Films, heads to Toronto with sales rights to TIFF Platform pair Viking and Riceboy Sleeps.
Viking is a French and English-language sci-fi drama directed by Montreal’s Stéphane Lafleur about researchers who try to replicate a manned mission to Mars in the hopes of solving conflict among the real crew.
Luc Déry and Kim McCraw of micro_scope produced Viking, which Lafleur co-wrote with Eric K. Boulianne. Hamza Haq stars alongside Fabiola N. Aladin, Marie Brassard and Larissa Corriveau.
Lafleur’s first film Continental, A...
- 8/9/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
“Plan 75,” Hayakawa Chie’s Japanese dystopian drama which world premiered at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard, has been sold in a raft of territories by Urban Sales.
The movie is set in Japan, in a near future where a government program called Plan 75 encourages senior citizens to be voluntarily euthanized in order to remedy the aging society. The film weaves the stories of an elderly woman who isn’t able to live independently, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman and a young Filipino caregiver. “Plan 75” stars Chieko Baisho (“Howl’s Moving Castle”) and Hayato Isomura, among others.
Urban Sales has closed deals on the promising debut feature to Italy (Tucker Film), China (Dddream), Benelux (September Films), Taiwan (Sky Digi) and Singapore (Lighthouse Film Distribution).
Happinet will handle the Japanese release of “Plan 75” in mid-June. Eurozoom will distribute it in France in the fall. “Plan 75” was produced by Loaded Films,...
The movie is set in Japan, in a near future where a government program called Plan 75 encourages senior citizens to be voluntarily euthanized in order to remedy the aging society. The film weaves the stories of an elderly woman who isn’t able to live independently, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman and a young Filipino caregiver. “Plan 75” stars Chieko Baisho (“Howl’s Moving Castle”) and Hayato Isomura, among others.
Urban Sales has closed deals on the promising debut feature to Italy (Tucker Film), China (Dddream), Benelux (September Films), Taiwan (Sky Digi) and Singapore (Lighthouse Film Distribution).
Happinet will handle the Japanese release of “Plan 75” in mid-June. Eurozoom will distribute it in France in the fall. “Plan 75” was produced by Loaded Films,...
- 5/27/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Dystopian drama revolves around an imaginary Japanese government-backed euthanasia strategy aimed at senior citizens
Screen can exclusively reveal a first trailer for Japanese director Chie Hayakawa’s dystopian drama Plan 75 ahead of its world premiere in Cannes Un Certain Regard this month.
Celebrated actress Chieko Baishô plays an elderly woman who signs up for a government initiative encouraging senior citizens to be voluntarily euthanised to counter the challenges of a super-aged society.
Rising Japanese actor Hayato Isomura plays a young salesman whose job is to sell the so-called plan 75.
The work expands on Hayakawa’s short of the...
Screen can exclusively reveal a first trailer for Japanese director Chie Hayakawa’s dystopian drama Plan 75 ahead of its world premiere in Cannes Un Certain Regard this month.
Celebrated actress Chieko Baishô plays an elderly woman who signs up for a government initiative encouraging senior citizens to be voluntarily euthanised to counter the challenges of a super-aged society.
Rising Japanese actor Hayato Isomura plays a young salesman whose job is to sell the so-called plan 75.
The work expands on Hayakawa’s short of the...
- 5/12/2022
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
If 2021 has been a calvacade of bad decisions, dashed hopes, and warning signs for cinema’s strength, the Criterion Channel’s monthly programming has at least buttressed our hopes for something like a better tomorrow. Anyway. The Channel will let us ride out distended (holi)days in the family home with an extensive Alfred Hitchcock series to bring the family together—from the established Rear Window and Vertigo to the (let’s just guess) lesser-seen Downhill and Young and Innocent—Johnnie To’s Throw Down and Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons in their Criterion editions, and some streaming premieres: Ste. Anne, Lydia Lunch: The War is Never Over, and The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love.
Special notice to Yvonne Rainer’s brain-expanding Film About a Woman Who . . .—debuting in “Female Gaze: Women Directors + Women Cinematographers,” a series that does as it says on the tin—and a Joseph Cotten retro boasting Ambersons,...
Special notice to Yvonne Rainer’s brain-expanding Film About a Woman Who . . .—debuting in “Female Gaze: Women Directors + Women Cinematographers,” a series that does as it says on the tin—and a Joseph Cotten retro boasting Ambersons,...
- 11/21/2021
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
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Marilyn Monroe remains one of the most iconic figures in Hollywood history, and pop culture at large. The blonde bombshell, born Norma Jean Baker, became one of Tinsel Town’s biggest stars appearing in over 35 movies during her career and wracking up a collection of classic films such as “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” “The Seven Year Itch,” “Niagara,” and “How to Marry a Millionaire.”
Monroe died by drug overdose in 1962, but the tragic passing further cemented her place as a cultural icon. To celebrate her birthday, we searched the web to dig up some of the coolest and unique merchandise inspired by the late actress and model. You’ll find everything from books to movie box sets,...
Marilyn Monroe remains one of the most iconic figures in Hollywood history, and pop culture at large. The blonde bombshell, born Norma Jean Baker, became one of Tinsel Town’s biggest stars appearing in over 35 movies during her career and wracking up a collection of classic films such as “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” “The Seven Year Itch,” “Niagara,” and “How to Marry a Millionaire.”
Monroe died by drug overdose in 1962, but the tragic passing further cemented her place as a cultural icon. To celebrate her birthday, we searched the web to dig up some of the coolest and unique merchandise inspired by the late actress and model. You’ll find everything from books to movie box sets,...
- 6/1/2021
- by Latifah Muhammad
- Indiewire
Image Source: Courtesy of Artingstall's
When director Paul Feig finishes a project, whether it's a film like Bridesmaids or A Simple Favor or an episode of television the likes of The Office or Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, he rewards himself with a martini. "When I got into cocktail culture, you'd go to a bar and order a martini, and people would assume you wanted a vodka martini. But I read that basically a real martini is gin, not vodka. That's an imposter martini," Feig told Popsugar. It was this discovery that led him on a 25-year quest for the perfect gin and to the creation of Artingstall's Brilliant London Dry Gin, which he launched in February 2020. "I got to make the gin that I always wanted to make. And now, I'll admit, it's really hard for me to drink another gin."
When it comes to drinking buddies, it was almost...
When director Paul Feig finishes a project, whether it's a film like Bridesmaids or A Simple Favor or an episode of television the likes of The Office or Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, he rewards himself with a martini. "When I got into cocktail culture, you'd go to a bar and order a martini, and people would assume you wanted a vodka martini. But I read that basically a real martini is gin, not vodka. That's an imposter martini," Feig told Popsugar. It was this discovery that led him on a 25-year quest for the perfect gin and to the creation of Artingstall's Brilliant London Dry Gin, which he launched in February 2020. "I got to make the gin that I always wanted to make. And now, I'll admit, it's really hard for me to drink another gin."
When it comes to drinking buddies, it was almost...
- 4/30/2021
- by Grayson Gilcrease
- Popsugar.com
As Disney quietly disappears huge swathes of film history into its vaults, I'm going to spend 2020 celebrating Twentieth Century Fox and the Fox Film Corporation's films, what one might call their output if only someone were putting it out.And now they've quietly disappeared William Fox's name from the company: guilty by association with Rupert Murdoch, even though he never associated with him.***I believe David Thomson once said something about Fox's fifties output being "the antithesis of cinema," which is very slightly nuts if you consider the films of Samuel Fuller (Pick-Up on South Street among others), Nicholas Ray (Bigger Than Life), Frank Tashlin (The Girl Can't Help It), and more.But we sort of know what he means: the advent of CinemaScope caused aesthetic confusion, as technical advances often do, and we can all picture laundry lines of less-than-fresh 1940s actors eking out their remaining B.
- 9/1/2020
- MUBI
If you were to go to a random fan of NBC’s “The Office” and ask them what their favorite episodes of the series are, it wouldn’t take long for them to mention “Niagara.” The Season 6 two-parter is the culmination of a love affair that spanned the entirety of the series, with Jim and Pam finally tying the knot. But according to a recent behind-the-scenes book about the series, “Niagara” could have become one of the more polarizing episodes if not for the foresight of Steve Carell.
Continue reading Steve Carell Saved ‘The Office’ From “Jumping The Shark” During The Jim & Pam Wedding Episode at The Playlist.
Continue reading Steve Carell Saved ‘The Office’ From “Jumping The Shark” During The Jim & Pam Wedding Episode at The Playlist.
- 6/10/2020
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Jim and Pam’s wedding episode “Niagara” is often considered one of the best installments of “The Office,” but it could have been the moment the NBC comedy series jumped the shark had it not been for Steve Carell. Andy Green’s new book “The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s” reveals an axed “Niagara” subplot that found Jim and Pam’s romantic boat ride to the eponymous waterfall disrupted by a horse plunging to its death (via Collider). Episode director Paul Feig told Green that Pam’s ex Roy (David Denman) was originally going to crash the wedding on horseback.
“It was supposed to be that Pam and Jim are in the middle of the ceremony and Roy has been haunting around and regretting that he let her go and wanted her back,” Feig said. “When they were in the middle of the ceremony,...
“It was supposed to be that Pam and Jim are in the middle of the ceremony and Roy has been haunting around and regretting that he let her go and wanted her back,” Feig said. “When they were in the middle of the ceremony,...
- 6/9/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
John Krasinski’s quarantine web series “Some Good News” is the gift that keeps on giving. The show launched in March with a premiere episode that reunited Krasinski with his “Office” co-star Steve Carell, but Krasinski topped himself during the May 10 installment by bringing together the entire ensemble of NBC’s legendary sitcom via Zoom video chat. “The Office” cast reunited to surprise two diehard fans of the show that had just gotten married on the same “Some Good News” episode.
Susan and John of Maryland wrote to Krasinski earlier in the year to let him know that John asked Susan to marry him by recreating Jim’s proposal to Pam on “The Office.” Krasinki starred as Jim on all seasons of “The Office” opposite Jenna Fischer’s Pam. Krasinski brought Susan and John onto “Some Good News” where Susan told him, “John got down on one knee and, just like Jim,...
Susan and John of Maryland wrote to Krasinski earlier in the year to let him know that John asked Susan to marry him by recreating Jim’s proposal to Pam on “The Office.” Krasinki starred as Jim on all seasons of “The Office” opposite Jenna Fischer’s Pam. Krasinski brought Susan and John onto “Some Good News” where Susan told him, “John got down on one knee and, just like Jim,...
- 5/11/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Depending on who you ask, the later seasons of “The Office” — even before Steve Carell left the series — were somewhat akin to beating the proverbial dead horse (as the horror movie known as “Scott’s Tots” illustrates). That could be especially painful when it came to how Dwight Schrute connected to Jim and Pam’s relationship. Well, as it turns out, if showrunner and creator Greg Daniels had his way, there would have been a literal dead horse added to the mix.
Seriously.
Entertainment Weekly’s recent oral history of Jim and Pam’s wedding — which took place in the two-part episode “Niagara” and aired 10 years ago this week — revealed that the six-season earnest culmination of the series’ famed will-they-won’t-they relationship almost ended with a twisted bit of darkness. In the oral history, episode director Paul Feig brought up the “big controversy” about the original wedding ending:
“All throughout the episode,...
Seriously.
Entertainment Weekly’s recent oral history of Jim and Pam’s wedding — which took place in the two-part episode “Niagara” and aired 10 years ago this week — revealed that the six-season earnest culmination of the series’ famed will-they-won’t-they relationship almost ended with a twisted bit of darkness. In the oral history, episode director Paul Feig brought up the “big controversy” about the original wedding ending:
“All throughout the episode,...
- 10/8/2019
- by LaToya Ferguson
- Indiewire
You laughed, you cried, you watched Jim and Pam walk down the aisle 10 years ago when The Office's "Niagara" episode aired on October 8, 2009. Yep, it's the tin anniversary for Jim (John Krasinski) and Pam (Jenna Fischer) Halpert. And things almost ended entirely different than they did in the one-hour episode. In an interview with EW, episode director Paul Feig, executive producer Greg Daniels and star, writer and executive producer Mindy Kaling looked back on the original way the episode was supposed to end. "All throughout the episode, Roy's [David Denman] been kind of haunting around and unhappy that they're getting married, so when they ask if anybody has reason why this...
- 10/8/2019
- E! Online
Marilyn Monroe would’ve celebrated her 93rd birthday on June 1, 2019. Her star burned brightly and briefly before her untimely death in 1962 at age 36. Yet she managed to enter the pop culture lexicon with just a handful of films, becoming Hollywood’s most memorable sex symbol. In honor of her birthday, let’s take a look back at 15 of her greatest films, ranked worst to best.
Born in 1926, Monroe started off as a model before moving into acting with a series of bit parts, most notably in “All About Eve” and “The Asphalt Jungle,” both released in 1950. She became a leading lady with a trio of 1953 titles: the noir “Niagara,” the musical “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and the romantic comedy “How to Marry a Millionaire.”
SEE25 best couples in film history – Romantic movies in time for Valentine’s Day [Photos]
She became iconic thanks to Billy Wilder‘s “The Seven Year Itch” (1955), in...
Born in 1926, Monroe started off as a model before moving into acting with a series of bit parts, most notably in “All About Eve” and “The Asphalt Jungle,” both released in 1950. She became a leading lady with a trio of 1953 titles: the noir “Niagara,” the musical “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and the romantic comedy “How to Marry a Millionaire.”
SEE25 best couples in film history – Romantic movies in time for Valentine’s Day [Photos]
She became iconic thanks to Billy Wilder‘s “The Seven Year Itch” (1955), in...
- 6/1/2019
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
If you're looking forward to the crazy fun-looking action film Hotel Artemis, I've got a few things here for you to check out that focuses on the characters of the story! First, we have a retro-style trailer called "The Damnedest Thing You Ever Saw" that breaks down who the characters are and the roles they play in the story. I also included nine character posters.
The cast includes Jodie Foster (The Silence of the Lambs), Sterling K. Brown as Waikiki, Sofia Boutella as Nice, Jeff Goldblum as The Wolf King/Niagara, Brian Tyree Henry (Atlanta) as Honolulu, Jenny Slate as Morgan, Zachary Quinto (Star Trek) as Ilya, Charlie Day (Pacific Rim Uprising) as Acapulco, and Dave Bautista as Everest.
The film is set in a riot-torn, near-future Los Angeles, and the story revolves around a Nurse, who runs a secret, members-only emergency room for criminals. Things just happen to get...
The cast includes Jodie Foster (The Silence of the Lambs), Sterling K. Brown as Waikiki, Sofia Boutella as Nice, Jeff Goldblum as The Wolf King/Niagara, Brian Tyree Henry (Atlanta) as Honolulu, Jenny Slate as Morgan, Zachary Quinto (Star Trek) as Ilya, Charlie Day (Pacific Rim Uprising) as Acapulco, and Dave Bautista as Everest.
The film is set in a riot-torn, near-future Los Angeles, and the story revolves around a Nurse, who runs a secret, members-only emergency room for criminals. Things just happen to get...
- 6/1/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
The actress is mostly remembered for her good looks, but what about her impressive performances?
In Richard Dyer’s book Heavenly Bodies: Film Stars and Society, he writes that Marilyn Monroe was “the most visible star”: an actress whose life was put on display, and remains so over 50 years after her death. She is one of the most iconic Hollywood stars of all time, her face instantly recognizable to even those who have never seen any of her movies. She is a symbol of beauty, glamor, cinema, femininity, blondness, sexuality, and tragedy. While the world speculates about her personal life — who was she romantically involved with? How did she die? What was she really like? — her career as an actress is overshadowed by her fame.
While she may not have been the greatest actress of all time, she certainly had her fair share of talent and intelligence, and always worked incredibly hard to bring her...
In Richard Dyer’s book Heavenly Bodies: Film Stars and Society, he writes that Marilyn Monroe was “the most visible star”: an actress whose life was put on display, and remains so over 50 years after her death. She is one of the most iconic Hollywood stars of all time, her face instantly recognizable to even those who have never seen any of her movies. She is a symbol of beauty, glamor, cinema, femininity, blondness, sexuality, and tragedy. While the world speculates about her personal life — who was she romantically involved with? How did she die? What was she really like? — her career as an actress is overshadowed by her fame.
While she may not have been the greatest actress of all time, she certainly had her fair share of talent and intelligence, and always worked incredibly hard to bring her...
- 3/15/2017
- by Angela Morrison
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
The already-incredible line-up for the 2016 New York Film Festival just got even more promising. Ang Lee‘s Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk will hold its world premiere at the festival on October 14th, the NY Times confirmed today. The adaptation of Ben Fountain‘s Iraq War novel, with a script by Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire), follows a teenage soldier who survives a battle in Iraq and then is brought home for a victory lap before returning.
Lee has shot the film at 120 frames per second in 4K and native 3D, giving it unprecedented clarity for a feature film, which also means the screening will be held in a relatively small 300-seat theater at AMC Lincoln Square, one of the few with the technology to present it that way. While it’s expected that this Lincoln Square theater will play the film when it arrives in theaters, it may be...
Lee has shot the film at 120 frames per second in 4K and native 3D, giving it unprecedented clarity for a feature film, which also means the screening will be held in a relatively small 300-seat theater at AMC Lincoln Square, one of the few with the technology to present it that way. While it’s expected that this Lincoln Square theater will play the film when it arrives in theaters, it may be...
- 8/22/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced the Retrospective section of the 54th New York Film Festival, an ambitious two-part lineup that is both headlined and directly inspired by Bertrand Tavernier’s documentary “My Journey Through French Cinema.” Nyff will screen Tavernier’s doc — which clocks in at a hefty and informative 190 minutes — along with a selection of French classics that feature prominently in the film. Additionally, Nyff will play home to a 12-film exploration of the films of Henry Hathaway, one of Tavernier’s favorite American directors. What follows is a feast of French cinema and a crash course in the works of Hathaway.
Read More: New York Film Festival Announces James Gray’s ‘The Lost City of Z’ As Closing Night Selection
Highlights of the “A Brief Journey Through French Cinema” section, as it’s being quite charmingly billed, include Jean Renoir’s revolutionary epic “La Marsellaise,...
Read More: New York Film Festival Announces James Gray’s ‘The Lost City of Z’ As Closing Night Selection
Highlights of the “A Brief Journey Through French Cinema” section, as it’s being quite charmingly billed, include Jean Renoir’s revolutionary epic “La Marsellaise,...
- 8/19/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The icon-establishing performances Marilyn Monroe gave in Howard Hawks’ Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) and in Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot (1959) are ones for the ages, touchstone works that endure because of the undeniable comic energy and desperation that sparked them from within even as the ravenous public became ever more enraptured by the surface of Monroe’s seductive image of beauty and glamour. Several generations now probably know her only from these films, or perhaps 1955’s The Seven-Year Itch, a more famous probably for the skirt-swirling pose it generated than anything in the movie itself, one of director Wilder’s sourest pictures, or her final completed film, The Misfits (1961), directed by John Huston, written by Arthur Miller and costarring Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift.
But in Don’t Bother to Knock (1952) she delivers a powerful dramatic performance as Nell, a psychologically devastated, delusional, perhaps psychotic young woman apparently on...
But in Don’t Bother to Knock (1952) she delivers a powerful dramatic performance as Nell, a psychologically devastated, delusional, perhaps psychotic young woman apparently on...
- 4/11/2016
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
Jules Dassin didn’t do much in the way of subversion. At least not cinematically. He didn’t have many overarching themes to his work, he didn’t twist his genre films into something they weren’t. What he did was utilize every one of the handful of tools he was given, and pushed his films to their absolute breaking point. His subversion was a sort of perversion, an excess of imagination and a willingness to show the world as he saw it. If that meant creating a filmography that looked suspicious to the House Committee of Un-American Activities, well, that was just the natural result of having an eye and an ear for how the common man lived.
It can’t have helped that his last film before the blacklist order came down was Thieves’ Highway, an all-out indictment of capitalism cloaked in the noir-drenched mode of a typical Fox gritty,...
It can’t have helped that his last film before the blacklist order came down was Thieves’ Highway, an all-out indictment of capitalism cloaked in the noir-drenched mode of a typical Fox gritty,...
- 12/1/2015
- by Scott Nye
- CriterionCast
Billy Wilder directed Sunset Blvd. with Gloria Swanson and William Holden. Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett movies Below is a list of movies on which Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder worked together as screenwriters, including efforts for which they did not receive screen credit. The Wilder-Brackett screenwriting partnership lasted from 1938 to 1949. During that time, they shared two Academy Awards for their work on The Lost Weekend (1945) and, with D.M. Marshman Jr., Sunset Blvd. (1950). More detailed information further below. Post-split years Billy Wilder would later join forces with screenwriter I.A.L. Diamond in movies such as the classic comedy Some Like It Hot (1959), the Best Picture Oscar winner The Apartment (1960), and One Two Three (1961), notable as James Cagney's last film (until a brief comeback in Milos Forman's Ragtime two decades later). Although some of these movies were quite well received, Wilder's later efforts – which also included The Seven Year Itch...
- 9/16/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Stephen Sondheim and Joyce Carol Oates in conversation before Antonio Monda's Le Conversazioni Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Following his fall 2014 Le Conversazioni with Zadie Smith (White Teeth) and Patrick McGrath (Asylum and Spider), Antonio Monda invited Joyce Carol Oates and Stephen Sondheim to discuss films that influenced their lives and work.
Henry Hathaway's Niagara, Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation, Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull and Elia Kazan's On The Waterfront were chosen by Joyce Carol Oates.
George Stevens' The More The Merrier, Mike van Diem's Character (Karakter), Krzysztof Zanussi's The Contract and Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow Of A Doubt were picked by Stephen Sondheim.
Le Conversazioni and Rome Film Festival Artistic Director Antonio Monda Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Marilyn Monroe, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Hepburn, Jean Arthur, Walk Don't Run with Cary Grant, Privacy, Gene Hackman, West Side Story, Vertigo, The Rules Of The Game, Marlon Brando,...
Following his fall 2014 Le Conversazioni with Zadie Smith (White Teeth) and Patrick McGrath (Asylum and Spider), Antonio Monda invited Joyce Carol Oates and Stephen Sondheim to discuss films that influenced their lives and work.
Henry Hathaway's Niagara, Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation, Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull and Elia Kazan's On The Waterfront were chosen by Joyce Carol Oates.
George Stevens' The More The Merrier, Mike van Diem's Character (Karakter), Krzysztof Zanussi's The Contract and Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow Of A Doubt were picked by Stephen Sondheim.
Le Conversazioni and Rome Film Festival Artistic Director Antonio Monda Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Marilyn Monroe, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Hepburn, Jean Arthur, Walk Don't Run with Cary Grant, Privacy, Gene Hackman, West Side Story, Vertigo, The Rules Of The Game, Marlon Brando,...
- 5/10/2015
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Teresa Wright in 'Shadow of a Doubt': Alfred Hitchcock heroine (image: Joseph Cotten about to strangle Teresa Wright in 'Shadow of a Doubt') (See preceding article: "Teresa Wright Movies: Actress Made Oscar History.") After scoring with The Little Foxes, Mrs. Miniver, and The Pride of the Yankees, Teresa Wright was loaned to Universal – once initial choices Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland became unavailable – to play the small-town heroine in Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt. (Check out video below: Teresa Wright reminiscing about the making of Shadow of a Doubt.) Co-written by Thornton Wilder, whose Our Town had provided Wright with her first chance on Broadway and who had suggested her to Hitchcock; Meet Me in St. Louis and Junior Miss author Sally Benson; and Hitchcock's wife, Alma Reville, Shadow of a Doubt was based on "Uncle Charlie," a story outline by Gordon McDonell – itself based on actual events.
- 3/7/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Female Baddies are often more interesting than male baddies, mainly because we have grown up with the misconception of the fair or gentle sex that does not do the heinous acts that men sometimes do. I guess a good example of this is Aileen Wuornos – a cold blooded female serial killer. The case caught the imagination of the whole world who started to ponder whether women could scale the heights of evil perpetrated by some men.
I don’t mean to be bashing the male gender here, but it is a good question: what sex has the biggest predisposition to immoral behaviour? In my article I have picked ten immoral women and I have detailed their behaviour for your reading. Please add your own immoral ‘heroines’ below.
10. Niagara (1953) – Rose
The film that catapulted Marilyn Monroe into the big time, Niagara is a film noir/thriller in which Monroe plays the seductive but immoral Rose Loomis.
I don’t mean to be bashing the male gender here, but it is a good question: what sex has the biggest predisposition to immoral behaviour? In my article I have picked ten immoral women and I have detailed their behaviour for your reading. Please add your own immoral ‘heroines’ below.
10. Niagara (1953) – Rose
The film that catapulted Marilyn Monroe into the big time, Niagara is a film noir/thriller in which Monroe plays the seductive but immoral Rose Loomis.
- 12/3/2013
- by Clare Simpson
- Obsessed with Film
Broadway actress Marta Heflin dead at 68: Featured in several Robert Altman movies (photo: Marta Heflin in ‘A Perfect Couple’) Stage actress Marta Heflin, who was featured in a handful of movies in the ’70s and early ’80s, including three Robert Altman efforts, died on September 18, 2013, after "a long illness." Heflin (born on March 29, 1945, in Washington, D.C.) was 68. On Broadway, Marta Heflin was featured in the musicals Fiddler on the Roof, Hair, Soon, and Jesus Christ Superstar (replacing Yvonne Elliman as Mary Magdalene). Additionally, she was seen in Ed Graczyk’s Robert Altman-directed 1982 play Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, about a group of James Dean fans — among them Karen Black, Cher, Sandy Dennis, Kathy Bates, Sudie Bond, and Mark Patton — who get together on the twentieth anniversary of Dean’s death. Marta Heflin movies Along with her fellow Come Back to the Five and Dime,...
- 9/25/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Niagara
Written by Charles Brackett, Richard L. Breen and Walter Reisch
Directed by Henry Hathaway
USA, 1953
Marilyn Monroe’s legacy in popular culture and film varies greatly depending on whom one asks. For some, her photo shoots and the unforgettably attractive looks advertised through them meant she was, and for some, still is, the epitome of sex appeal. For others, her roles in films like Some Like It Hot or The Seven Year Itch painted her image as a great leading lady in romantic comedies and, in the case of the former, somewhat of a ditsy dame. Digging a little bit deeper will reveal another version of Monroe standing in stark contrast to these two. One of her earliest films was John Huston’s The Asphalt Jungle from 1950, a riveting heist thriller, in which she played a wealthy middle-aged man’s plaything. Three years later, she was one of the...
Written by Charles Brackett, Richard L. Breen and Walter Reisch
Directed by Henry Hathaway
USA, 1953
Marilyn Monroe’s legacy in popular culture and film varies greatly depending on whom one asks. For some, her photo shoots and the unforgettably attractive looks advertised through them meant she was, and for some, still is, the epitome of sex appeal. For others, her roles in films like Some Like It Hot or The Seven Year Itch painted her image as a great leading lady in romantic comedies and, in the case of the former, somewhat of a ditsy dame. Digging a little bit deeper will reveal another version of Monroe standing in stark contrast to these two. One of her earliest films was John Huston’s The Asphalt Jungle from 1950, a riveting heist thriller, in which she played a wealthy middle-aged man’s plaything. Three years later, she was one of the...
- 8/30/2013
- by Edgar Chaput
- SoundOnSight
Jeanne Crain: From Pinky to Margie Jeanne Crain, one of the most charming Hollywood actresses of the ’40s and ’50s, is Turner Classic Movies’ "Summer Under the Stars" featured player on Monday, August 26, 2013. Since Jeanne Crain was a top 20th Century Fox star for about a decade — a favorite of Fox mogul Darryl F. Zanuck — TCM will be showing quite a few films from the Fox library. And that’s great news. (Photo: Jeanne Crain ca. 1950.) (See also: “Jeanne Crain Movies: TCM’s ‘Summer Under the Stars’ Schedule.”) Now, my first recommendation is actually an MGM release. That’s Russell Rouse’s 1956 psychological Western The Fastest Gun Alive, an unusual movie in that the hero turns out to be a "coward" at heart: quick-on-the-trigger gunslinger Glenn Ford is reluctant to face an evil challenger (Broderick Crawford) in a small Western town. But why? Jeanne Crain is his serious-minded wife...
- 8/26/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
With the release of Marilyn Monroe flicks Bus Stop and Niagara and the Elvis Presley Western Love Me Tender, Fox continues its roll-out of classic films remastered for HD and the result is something to behold. The merits of Elvis and Marilyn’s acting abilities aside, the films themselves look stunning on Blu-ray, with the beautiful cinematography of Niagara (courtesy of Joseph MacDonald) standing out above the rest. As for the films themselves, Love Me Tender and Niagara tie for the most appeal when it comes to story, with the former framing a love triangle with the fallout of a post-Civil War (by a matter of days) heist and a Hitchcockian murder tale where all Marilyn has to do most of the film is swoon or look beautiful.
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- 8/11/2013
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
Chicago – Few celebrities can be so easily defined by their first names as Marilyn and Elvis. They went beyond their professions to become cultural icons and three of their works have just been released this week on Blu-ray for the first time. While fans of Monroe and Presley will probably gravitate to “Bus Stop” and “Love Me Tender,” the best of the three is easily the underrated “Niagara,” a clever thriller that uses the notorious Falls in a way that Hitchcock probably respected. If you’re going to pick just one, that’s the one.
Maybe it’s because the other two are more based on romance and humor — two elements that date more than murder — but “Niagara” has easily held up the best of the three. I had heard over the years that it was often considered “lesser Monroe” and hadn’t seen it in years to be able to really form an opinion.
Maybe it’s because the other two are more based on romance and humor — two elements that date more than murder — but “Niagara” has easily held up the best of the three. I had heard over the years that it was often considered “lesser Monroe” and hadn’t seen it in years to be able to really form an opinion.
- 8/1/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Moviefone's Top DVD of the Week
"Black Rock"
What's It About? Co-written, directed by, and starring Katie Aselton, "Black Rock" follows three friends on a trip to a remote island. Initially setting out to dig up a time capsule they buried as kids the girls end up fighting for their lives once they meet a group of dangerous ex-soldiers.
Why We're In: Co-written by Aselton's husband Mark Duplass ("Safety Not Guaranteed"), "Black Rock" is a noteworthy survival thriller in the vein of 1972's "Deliverance." Along with Aselton, co-stars Lake Bell and Kate Bosworth give great performances in this film with gripping tension.
Moviefone's Top Blu-ray of the Week
"The Devil's Backbone" Criterion Collection
What's It About? With 2001's "The Devil's Backbone," writer-director Guillermo del Toro declared himself a true master of contemporary horror. Set at the end of the Spanish Civil War, the story follows 12-year-old Carlos (Fernando Tielve) who...
"Black Rock"
What's It About? Co-written, directed by, and starring Katie Aselton, "Black Rock" follows three friends on a trip to a remote island. Initially setting out to dig up a time capsule they buried as kids the girls end up fighting for their lives once they meet a group of dangerous ex-soldiers.
Why We're In: Co-written by Aselton's husband Mark Duplass ("Safety Not Guaranteed"), "Black Rock" is a noteworthy survival thriller in the vein of 1972's "Deliverance." Along with Aselton, co-stars Lake Bell and Kate Bosworth give great performances in this film with gripping tension.
Moviefone's Top Blu-ray of the Week
"The Devil's Backbone" Criterion Collection
What's It About? With 2001's "The Devil's Backbone," writer-director Guillermo del Toro declared himself a true master of contemporary horror. Set at the end of the Spanish Civil War, the story follows 12-year-old Carlos (Fernando Tielve) who...
- 7/30/2013
- by Erin Whitney
- Moviefone
This weekend finishes up the East/West selections of the Paramount summer classic film series, with two fantastic movies for Sunday at Stateside: Wong Kar Wai's heartbreakingly beautiful In the Mood for Love (pictured above) paired with the impeccably sweet romance of Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding. Come say hi if you spot me at the Monsoon Wedding screening.
Four Daniel Day-Lewis films show Monday and Tuesday, split between the Paramount and Stateside venues. The Paramount Theatre is actually hosting a blood drive to coincide with the Monday night screening of There Will Be Blood. Check it out!
As part of their "summer free-for-all," Austin Film Society will screen A Hero Never Dies on Friday and Sunday evenings (free, but you should RSVP). Tuesday night continues the Afs Marilyn Monroe series with tense drama Niagara [tickets]. Monroe and Joseph Cotten star as mismatched honeymooners.
"As if!" Girlie Night at the...
- 6/14/2013
- by Elizabeth Stoddard
- Slackerwood
On the other side of my content filled posts for Sound on Sight, I manage a semi-popular Tumblr blog called Obscure and Offbeat Cinema. There is virtually no written content and the vast majority of what I present are screenshots taken from films that I’m watching or planning to watch. Though a popular film will sneak in now and then, the focus remains on films that are off the beaten path. With over 3000 images posted in 2012, I thought it would be interesting to single out my favourite shots seen for the first time this year and share them with you. This link is quite obviously unique to my own cinematic experience of 2012, as well as my own personal quirks and aesthetic obsessions, so you might not agree with all of the choices. I also warn, this list may not be Safe for Work and in the case of objectionable...
- 12/29/2012
- by Justine
- SoundOnSight
Skyline Cinema, Cambridge
Cambridge has quite a pedigree in summer outdoor cinema, and the annual Silents On The Streets (free screenings along Magdalene and Bridge Street) and Lido Picture Show (at Jesus Green Lido) return on 9 Sep to herald the city's film festival. Before that, there are open-air screenings on the Varsity Hotel roof terrace, with old and recent classics including The Third Man, Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes and Christopher Nolan's brain-frying Inception. Book through the Arts Picturehouse.
Various venues, Sun to 10 Sep
Julien Temple, London
He's come a long way from the Sex Pistols and Absolute Beginners, not to mention Whitney Houston, but from his music/cinema roots Temple is now perfectly set to become a cultural historian. So, who better when it comes to the city Temple has already been documenting for the past 30 years? His new film, London: The Modern Babylon, bracingly chronicles the capital's past century of social upheaval,...
Cambridge has quite a pedigree in summer outdoor cinema, and the annual Silents On The Streets (free screenings along Magdalene and Bridge Street) and Lido Picture Show (at Jesus Green Lido) return on 9 Sep to herald the city's film festival. Before that, there are open-air screenings on the Varsity Hotel roof terrace, with old and recent classics including The Third Man, Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes and Christopher Nolan's brain-frying Inception. Book through the Arts Picturehouse.
Various venues, Sun to 10 Sep
Julien Temple, London
He's come a long way from the Sex Pistols and Absolute Beginners, not to mention Whitney Houston, but from his music/cinema roots Temple is now perfectly set to become a cultural historian. So, who better when it comes to the city Temple has already been documenting for the past 30 years? His new film, London: The Modern Babylon, bracingly chronicles the capital's past century of social upheaval,...
- 8/3/2012
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Marilyn Monroe Movies Turner Classic Movies, Saturday, August 5 6:00 Am The Asphalt Jungle (1950) A gang of small time crooks plots an elaborate jewel heist. Dir: John Huston. Cast: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, Sam Jaffe, Marilyn Monroe. Black and White-112 minutes. 8:00 Am Clash By Night (1952) An embittered woman seeks escape in marriage, only to fall for her husband’s best friend. Dir: Fritz Lang. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Robert Ryan, Keith Andes, Marilyn Monroe. Black and White-105 minutes. 10:00 Am Niagara (1952) Honeymooners get mixed up with an obsessive husband and his cheating wife. Dir: Henry Hathaway. Cast: Marilyn [...]...
- 8/3/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
It's hard to imagine a star whose life has been examined more relentlessly than that of Marilyn Monroe. Monroe has had every detail of her life -- her Dickensian childhood, her brief but unforgettable movie career, her liaisons with famous men, her mysterious death 50 years ago this week (on August 5, 1962) -- picked over by biographers and novelists, reporters and FBI agents, filmmakers and fans. And yet there is still plenty about Monroe that isn't common knowledge. Here are some details that even dedicated Monroephiles may not know, facts that only add to our continuing fascination with pop culture's most durable sex symbol. 1. Monroe's first marriage, to neighbor James Dougherty when she was 16, took place as a means of keeping her from being sent back to a state-run orphanage after one of her many foster families could no longer care for her. 2. In an early modeling gig, at an agricultural festival in Castroville,...
- 8/3/2012
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
To mark the 50th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe's death, TCM rolls out a full 24-hour marathon of Monroe films on August 4 as part of the month long "Summer Under the Stars" festival. The lineup reflects Monroe's versatility and depth as an actress, including her trademark naughty-nice comedic turns ("Some Like It Hot," "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes") and more anguished roles that communicated her underlying sadness ("River of No Return," "Niagara"). The programming kicks off with John Huston's brilliant heist tragedy "The Asphalt Jungle." Monroe plays Louis Calhern's kept mistress, periodically bobbing up from a couch to purr "Uncle Lon!" and then returning to her catnap. Though small, her part in Huston's film looks ahead to a type of role she would revisit throughout her career -- the ditzy, unassuming golddigger. She perfected this could-be thankless stereotype in Howard Hawks'...
- 8/2/2012
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
Chicago – There is arguably no one in the history of Hollywood more iconic than Marilyn Monroe. Not only was she a massive star in her day but her tragic death turned her into a beauty that was frozen in time. She transcends movies and it’s possible that she’s never been more popular than she is in the ’10s with releases like “My Week with Marilyn,” “Smash,” and the new 7-disc Blu-ray box set, “Forever Marilyn,” a must-own for fans of Norma Jeane Masterson.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
The seven-disc set from MGM/Fox includes two previously available Blu-rays — “Some Like It Hot” and “The Misfits” — along with five films that have not previously been available in HD — “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” “How to Marry a Millionaire,” “River of No Return,” “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” and “The Seven Year Itch.” It’s undeniably a mix of peaks and valleys but...
Rating: 4.0/5.0
The seven-disc set from MGM/Fox includes two previously available Blu-rays — “Some Like It Hot” and “The Misfits” — along with five films that have not previously been available in HD — “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” “How to Marry a Millionaire,” “River of No Return,” “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” and “The Seven Year Itch.” It’s undeniably a mix of peaks and valleys but...
- 8/1/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Andrew Sarris, the film critic of the Village Voice, who died this week aged 83, taught directors how to be auteurs
The film critic Andrew Sarris, who died yesterday at age 83, did more than anyone else to deify the job of film director. From his perch at The Village Voice, he introduced to American audiences the French notion of the director as auteur – the author of a film, is masterfully in command of his medium as a painter his brush or a writer his pen. With his droopy face and dark-rimmed eyes, Sarris brought donnish gravitas to movie criticism, his reviews packing intellectual heft at a time when Us movies demanded to be taken seriously. "We were cowed into thinking that only European cinema mattered," recalled Martin Scorsese recently. "What Andrew showed us is that art was all around us, and that our tradition, too, had much to offer; he was...
The film critic Andrew Sarris, who died yesterday at age 83, did more than anyone else to deify the job of film director. From his perch at The Village Voice, he introduced to American audiences the French notion of the director as auteur – the author of a film, is masterfully in command of his medium as a painter his brush or a writer his pen. With his droopy face and dark-rimmed eyes, Sarris brought donnish gravitas to movie criticism, his reviews packing intellectual heft at a time when Us movies demanded to be taken seriously. "We were cowed into thinking that only European cinema mattered," recalled Martin Scorsese recently. "What Andrew showed us is that art was all around us, and that our tradition, too, had much to offer; he was...
- 6/21/2012
- by Tom Shone
- The Guardian - Film News
Marilyn Monroe, born June 1, 1926
I spend a lot of time resenting popular opinion about female icons. For instance, I don't think Madonna is just a "business-smart chameleon": She's cooler than Michael Jackson, cannier than Prince, smarter than Elvis, and her very essence was more meaningful than most poet laureates' magnum opuses. So there. I don't think Grace Kelly was just a "living fairytale": She was a killer screen star with astonishing charisma in three Hitchcock movies -- and Mogambo. I reserve my strongest feelings for the woman who would've turned 86 today, Marilyn Monroe, since her continued pop culture presence is shallower and lamer than any icon before or since. Based on how popular she remains and how unpopular most of her filmography is, you'd think the reason her legacy lives on is because people figure one historical blonde has to be most famous, and it may as well...
I spend a lot of time resenting popular opinion about female icons. For instance, I don't think Madonna is just a "business-smart chameleon": She's cooler than Michael Jackson, cannier than Prince, smarter than Elvis, and her very essence was more meaningful than most poet laureates' magnum opuses. So there. I don't think Grace Kelly was just a "living fairytale": She was a killer screen star with astonishing charisma in three Hitchcock movies -- and Mogambo. I reserve my strongest feelings for the woman who would've turned 86 today, Marilyn Monroe, since her continued pop culture presence is shallower and lamer than any icon before or since. Based on how popular she remains and how unpopular most of her filmography is, you'd think the reason her legacy lives on is because people figure one historical blonde has to be most famous, and it may as well...
- 6/1/2012
- by virtel
- The Backlot
Is everyone excited for the big guest starring appearance of movie star Uma Thurman as movie star Rebecca Duval? Well, don't be. She doesn't appear until literally the last minute. In the 59 minutes preceding The Presence:
We open on the rehearsal space, loaded with potential investors. As they natter-grommish Karen leans into Jessica to ask what happens if “she” doesn't show and Jessica's delighted that Karen's still after the role.
Eileen strides in and confabs with the rest of the cabal. Derek rises to announce that the star is delayed and calls for a short break. The room is awash in rhubarb as Julia incredulously says “She's not in New York?” Eileen confirms that she's in Cuba and Julia busts out “Cuba?!” loud enough for the potential investors to overhear.
Eileen walks a couple of potential investors out, who advise her that just because they say they're in it doesn't mean the money's in.
We open on the rehearsal space, loaded with potential investors. As they natter-grommish Karen leans into Jessica to ask what happens if “she” doesn't show and Jessica's delighted that Karen's still after the role.
Eileen strides in and confabs with the rest of the cabal. Derek rises to announce that the star is delayed and calls for a short break. The room is awash in rhubarb as Julia incredulously says “She's not in New York?” Eileen confirms that she's in Cuba and Julia busts out “Cuba?!” loud enough for the potential investors to overhear.
Eileen walks a couple of potential investors out, who advise her that just because they say they're in it doesn't mean the money's in.
- 4/10/2012
- by fakename
- The Backlot
"I want to thank three persons,” said Michel Hazanavicius, accepting the 2012 Best Picture Oscar for “The Artist.” “I want to thank Billy Wilder, I want to thank Billy Wilder and I want to thank Billy Wilder.” He wasn’t the first director to namecheck Wilder in an acceptance speech. In 1994, Fernando Trueba, accepting the Foreign Language Film Oscar for "Belle Epoque" quipped, "I would like to believe in God in order to thank him. But I just believe in Billy Wilder... so, thank you Mr. Wilder." Wilder reportedly called the next day "Fernando? It's God."
So just what exactly was it that inspired these men to expend some of the most valuable seconds of speechifying airtime they'll ever know, to tip their hats to Wilder? And can we bottle it?
Born in a region of Austria/Hungary that is now part of Poland, Wilder's story feels like an archetype of...
So just what exactly was it that inspired these men to expend some of the most valuable seconds of speechifying airtime they'll ever know, to tip their hats to Wilder? And can we bottle it?
Born in a region of Austria/Hungary that is now part of Poland, Wilder's story feels like an archetype of...
- 3/27/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
'She was just a classic, iconic American beauty, an American star,' series star Katharine McPhee tells MTV News.
By Christina Garibaldi
Marilyn Monroe in "Niagara"
Photo: 20th Century Fox
It seems like no matter where you turn in the pop culture realm lately, you are more than likely to find a reference to blond bombshell Marilyn Monroe. Nearly 50 years after Monroe died at the age of 36, she is still considered one of the most iconic figures in Hollywood history. So it's no surprise that in 2012 she is having another shining moment.
She was brought to life by Michelle Williams in her Oscar-nominated role in "My Week With Marilyn," was paid homage in Madonna's video for "Give Me All Your Luvin' " and channeled by Nicki Minaj in her leaked track, fittingly titled "Marilyn Monroe." And each week on the new hit series "Smash," two aspiring stars vie to play...
By Christina Garibaldi
Marilyn Monroe in "Niagara"
Photo: 20th Century Fox
It seems like no matter where you turn in the pop culture realm lately, you are more than likely to find a reference to blond bombshell Marilyn Monroe. Nearly 50 years after Monroe died at the age of 36, she is still considered one of the most iconic figures in Hollywood history. So it's no surprise that in 2012 she is having another shining moment.
She was brought to life by Michelle Williams in her Oscar-nominated role in "My Week With Marilyn," was paid homage in Madonna's video for "Give Me All Your Luvin' " and channeled by Nicki Minaj in her leaked track, fittingly titled "Marilyn Monroe." And each week on the new hit series "Smash," two aspiring stars vie to play...
- 2/13/2012
- MTV Music News
We at Mubi think that celebrating the films of 2011 should be a celebration of film viewing in 2011. Since all film and video is "old" one way or another, we present Out of a Past, a small (re-) collection of some of our favorite retrospective viewings from 2011.
These six movies are not necessarily the best old movies I saw for the first time this year, but the movies that most challenged my existing ideas of film and film history.
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Tokyo Twilight (Yasujiro Ozu, Japan, 1957)
April 21, Film Forum, New York, NY
Tokyo Twilight may be Ozu’s darkest film. Like a lot of his movies, it develops slowly as an accretion of small moments. It built so slowly, in fact, that I was surprised about 3/4 of the way through the film to realize how horribly ugly it had become. The received notion that Ozu makes quiet miniatures about everyday family life has...
These six movies are not necessarily the best old movies I saw for the first time this year, but the movies that most challenged my existing ideas of film and film history.
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Tokyo Twilight (Yasujiro Ozu, Japan, 1957)
April 21, Film Forum, New York, NY
Tokyo Twilight may be Ozu’s darkest film. Like a lot of his movies, it develops slowly as an accretion of small moments. It built so slowly, in fact, that I was surprised about 3/4 of the way through the film to realize how horribly ugly it had become. The received notion that Ozu makes quiet miniatures about everyday family life has...
- 1/18/2012
- MUBI
My Week with Marilyn envelops the star in a chaste aura. This desire to desexualise goes back to Arthur Miller
It is not entirely the fault of the recent movie My Week with Marilyn – about Monroe's disastrous attempt to make The Prince and the Showgirl with Laurence Olivier – that it is devoid of sex, which is something like depicting the life of Napoleon without mentioning that he was French. Monroe might have been one of the most sexual beings who ever lived, but the portrayals of her, even by disillusioned observers, sooner or later descend into a sanitised ideal.
The sex is overtaken by sentimental treacle, or heroic fantasy, or defensive over-analysis. In his book on Monroe, Norman Mailer, for all his worldly candour, concluded that "she was our angel, the sweet angel of sex, and the sugar of sex came up from her like a resonance of sound in...
It is not entirely the fault of the recent movie My Week with Marilyn – about Monroe's disastrous attempt to make The Prince and the Showgirl with Laurence Olivier – that it is devoid of sex, which is something like depicting the life of Napoleon without mentioning that he was French. Monroe might have been one of the most sexual beings who ever lived, but the portrayals of her, even by disillusioned observers, sooner or later descend into a sanitised ideal.
The sex is overtaken by sentimental treacle, or heroic fantasy, or defensive over-analysis. In his book on Monroe, Norman Mailer, for all his worldly candour, concluded that "she was our angel, the sweet angel of sex, and the sugar of sex came up from her like a resonance of sound in...
- 1/7/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
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