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Johan Leysen: “After I did ‘The American’ with George Clooney, I got many offers from Hollywood to play villains”

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Flemish stage and screen actor Johan Leysen (b. 1950) is an actor’s actor all the way, praised for […]

October 20, 2017 Actor, Film Talk

Ted Kotcheff: “It’s interesting that Hollywood always thinks you came alive when it first took notice of you”

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William Theodore Kotcheff (b. 1931) was a guest of honor at the 1983 Brussels Film Festival, and while […]

October 8, 2017 Director, Film Talk

Bilall Fallah: “It has always been our dream to work in Hollywood, and we’re thrilled the dream comes true”

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Belgian filmmakers Bilall Fallah (b. 1986) and Adil El Arbi (b. 1988), both known and praised for their […]

October 2, 2017 Director-screenwriter, Film Talk

John Landis: “I’m always taking great pride in the fact that—I hope—I don’t have a style of my own”

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As an eighteen-year-old, John Landis (b. 1950) got a job in the mailroom at 20th Century Fox, only […]

September 6, 2017 Dir-prod-scr, Film Talk

Ruth Becquart: “Reading a script for the first time is like opening a door and entering a new world”

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As a character actress and leading lady, on stage and screen in both tragedy and comedy, actress Ruth […]

August 31, 2017 Actress, Film Talk

John Hough: “I am happy to say that ‘Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry’ is one of Quentin Tarantino’s favorite films”

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John Hough (b. 1941) is a filmmaker, best remembered for the work he did in the 1970s and […]

August 30, 2017 Director, Film Talk

Mamie Van Doren: “Talking about Marilyn Monroe is strange. To me, she’s a person; to most people, she’s an idea”

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In the 1950s and 1960s, former screen actress Mamie Van Doren (b. 1931) was, along with Marilyn Monroe […]

July 28, 2017 Actress, Film Talk

Betty Lasky: “My father [Jesse L. Lasky] was co-founder of Paramount, yet now he’s a forgotten film mogul”

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This old black and white still from Betty Lasky’s family album was taken by her mother Bessie, ca. […]

April 25, 2017 Film pioneer, Film Talk

“Blackboard Jungle”: How Glenn Ford’s son Peter launched Bill Haley’s ‘Rock Around the Clock’

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“One, two, three o’clock, four o’clock rock. Five, six, seven o’clock, eight o’clock rock…” Remember this intro from […]

April 24, 2017 Film history

A century ago with Mary Pickford and Frances Marion: Powerful and influential women in early Hollywood

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What do these two prominent and legendary ladies of the screen—both Hollywood pioneers of the silent era—actress Mary […]

March 3, 2017 Actress, Film history, Screenwriter

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