Category Archives: Movies

“Female”

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In the 1933 “Female,” Ruth Chatteron plays a successful industrialist who goes through men with the efficiency of a Catherine the Great. When she fancies a secretary (they’re all male), she invites them to her manse for dinner, … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Performers | Tagged Female, Film, George Brent, Michael Curtiz, movies, Pre-Code, Romantic Comedy, Ruth Chatterton, William Dieterle, William Wellman | 1 Comment

Movie Still Du Jour

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Chantal Goya and Jean-Pierre Léaud in Jean-Luc Godard’s MASCULIN FÉMININ (1966) Click on the image to enlarge. Related Check out the trailer here. Read Pauline Kael’s review of the movie here.

Posted in Movies, Performers | Tagged Chantal Goya, French movies, French New Wave, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Pauline Kael | 7 Comments

Movie Poster Du Jour: “Tenebre”

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: From Spain. Art by the great Francisco Fernandez Zarza-Pérez, aka Jano. Related There appears to be a documentary about Jano. I’d love to see it.

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged Dario Argento, Film, Francisco Fernandez Zarza-Pérez, giallo, Jano, Movie Posters, movies, Spain, Tenebre | Leave a comment

Movie Still Du Jour

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Barbet Schroeder and Claudine Soubrier in Eric Rohmer’s LA BOULANGÈRE DE MONCEAU (1963) Click on the image to enlarge.

Posted in Movies, Performers | Tagged Barbet Schroeder, Claudine Soubrier, Eric Rohmer, French movies, French New Wave, moral tale | 1 Comment

Juxtaposin’: Titles

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

Posted in Movies, Performers | Tagged Clint Eastwood, Dirty Harry, Film, Jackie Chan, Juxtaposin', Kung Fu, Magnum Force, Martial Arts, movies, Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, Yuen Woo-Ping | Leave a comment

Notes on “Passion”

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: As soon as I heard the news about Brian DePalma’s legal problems in the making of his latest film Passion, I ran out to see it. Nice butt, Miss Tragenhöschen! And then there was the rest of the movie. … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Brian De Palma, Passion | Leave a comment

DePalma Legal Trouble

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: When it rains it pours. Just as UR gets its knickers in a knot–privately, of course!–over the issue of creepshots, it turns out that Brian De Palma, a sainted presence for many of us here, finds himself in … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Movies | Tagged creepshots, DePalma, Passion, upskirting | 1 Comment

“Timecop”

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Slick, clever, pretty amusing if also occasionally not very convincing Jean-Claude Van Damme time-travel action thriller from 1994, directed by Peter Hyams from a comic-book series. Van Damme’s a cop who’s assigned to police misuse of new … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Jean-Claude Van Damme, movies, Peter Hyams, Science Fiction, thrillers | 4 Comments

The Camera Loves…

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: …Yvonne De Carlo. Click on the image to enlarge.

Posted in Movies, Sex | Tagged Lily Munster, Yvonne De Carlo | 4 Comments

Movie Poster Du Jour: “Beauty and the Beast”

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Issued for the ’50s re-release of Cocteau’s great fantasy film. With suitably enchanting art by Jean-Denis Malcles. The movie can be streamed on Hulu.