“Back to Burgundy” with Cédric Klapisch: “I always like to discover and rediscover the characters in my films”
French filmmaker and screenwriter Cédric Klapisch (b. 1961), who made his first feature “Rien du tout” (a.k.a. “Little […]
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Film history: Focus on veteran film director Jean Negulesco, his secretary, and Marilyn Monroe
In August 2000, I met with actress Sheree North (1932-2005) in Hollywood for an interview about her career […]
Film history: Focus on David O. Selznick, Alida Valli and “The Paradine Case”
From: Macnamara, Paul. Those Were the Days, My Friend: My Life in Hollywood With David O. Selznick and […]
Film history: Focus on film criticism
From the very beginning of movies, at the time when Thomas Alva Edison’s little toy gave birth to […]
When you wish upon a star: Audrey Hepburn’s early years in her native Elsene, near Brussels
Audrey Hepburn was born on May 4, 1929, as Audrey Kathleen Ruston, in Elsene near Brussels. Her father, […]
Film director Jacques Feyder: Hollywood’s starmaker from—once again—Elsene, Brussels
European film directors at work in Hollywood silents, early 20th century. It was pretty common, and there were […]
Film history: Focus on early Academy Award winners Wallace Beery and Marie Dressler
Wallace Beery (1885-1949) and Marie Dressler (1868-1934) were two of MGM’s top stars in the early days of […]
Film history: Focus on “The Hollywood Ten”
In 1947, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) held the first series of hearings into alleged communist propaganda […]
Nostalgia: It’s not what it used to be
By using vintage postcards, old black and white stills and archival photographs, these books recreate the past of […]
Film history: Focus on The Roaring Twenties
Richard Dyer MacCan (b. 1945) is a British academic and author of several film books and essays who […]
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