Category Archives: Movies

Trans Viewing: “Beautiful Darling” and “Becoming Chaz”

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: For no particular reason, The Question Lady and I spent a couple of recent evenings watching docs that we found on Netflix Instant about trans people. The first one was about a transvestite while the second concerned a female-to-male transsexual.

Posted in Movies, Sex | Tagged candy darling, chaz bono, cher, documentaries, documentary, gender, movies, sex, transgender, transvestite | 27 Comments

Movie Poster Du Jour: “Citizen Kane”

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: For the first big re-release, in 1956.

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged Citizen Kane, Film, Movie Posters, movies, Orson Welles | Leave a comment

Showtune Saturday: “Whatever Lola Wants”

Posted on August 2, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Your hot leggy redhead of the day. Gwen Verdon in “Damn Yankees”. Pretty damn sexy for 1958, or anytime, to be honest. Bob Fosse choreographed, of course.

Posted in Movies, Music, Performers | Tagged damn yankees, gwen verdon, showtune saturday, whatever lola wants | 1 Comment

Quote Du Jour

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Q: Did you set out to be a screenwriter? A: No, I wanted to work for a newspaper. I had no connections, so I just made the rounds. In those days, in Vienna, there were many papers. One … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Sex | Tagged Billy Wilder, too good to check | 1 Comment

Movie Still Du Jour

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, and Clifton Webb in Otto Preminger’s LAURA (1944). I was reminded of this shot while browsing The Noir Style by Alain Silver and James Ursini. Click on the image to enlarge.

Posted in Movies | Tagged Film Noir, Gene Tierney, Otto Preminger | Leave a comment

Movie Poster Du Jour: “La Chinoise”

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

Posted in Commercial art, Movies, Politics and Economics | Tagged Anne Wiazemsky, Argentina, Film, France, French New Wave, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Léaud, La Chinoise, Movie Posters, movies | Leave a comment

Creepshot or Not: Bikinis in the Park

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: When I solicited thoughts and opinions some months ago about whether a snapshot I’d sneaked of a couple of sunbathing cuties in a public park was a Creepshot or not, some visitors concluded A) that it wasn’t, and B) … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Photography | Tagged cheryl dunn, creepshots, documentaries, documentary, movies, photography, robert frank | 22 Comments

“Saving Mr. Banks”

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: As P.L. Travers, the author of the Mary Poppins books, Emma Thompson projects a grave sort of loneliness. Nested confidently into middle age, yet still grappling with the issues of her childhood, the Travers of “Saving Mr. Banks” … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Performers | Tagged Collin Farrel, Emma Thompson, Film, John Lee Hancock, Mary Poppins, movies, P.L. Travers, Paul Giamatti, Saving Mr. Banks, Tom Hanks, Walt Disney | 2 Comments

Jodorowsky

Posted on July 19, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: I somehow managed to make it through the 1970s without seeing any of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s movies, the best-known of which were “El Topo,” “The Holy Mountain,” and “Santa Sangre.” A few months ago, though, I watched the … Continue reading →