Category Archives: Performers

Sunday Jazz Selection

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Samba Triste, Eliane Elias.  From Calle 54, Fernando Trueba’s film about Latin jazz. Elias appears once in the film but twice in the CD soundtrack.   Here’s a streaming version of That’s All it Was.

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Fritz Wunderlich, Five Ways

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Don’t get me started on the subject of tenors. I have so many favorites it’s ridiculous. Some days it’s the peerless elegance and linguistic versatility of Nicolai Gedda. Some days it’s the ringing heroism and pure Italian … Continue reading →

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Gallery: L’Wren Scott

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Scott, née Laura Bambrough, may not be remembered in the long run as a groundbreaker or even much of a trendsetter in the world of fashion design. But one talent she indubitably possessed in spades, and it’s … Continue reading →

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Movie Still Du Jour

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Kay Francis and Miriam Hopkins in Ernst Lubitsch’s TROUBLE IN PARADISE (1932) Click on the image to enlarge.

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Notes on “A Late Quartet”

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: The 2012 film A Late Quartet concerns a series of events that threatens the stability of a world-renowned string quartet, a group that has been together for 25 years. Events are set in motion when the group’s cellist … Continue reading →

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“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 →

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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.

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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.

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Juxtaposin’: Titles

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

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Dance Number Du Jour

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: I think it’s safe to say that a sizable majority of the people who post here are big fans of Cyd Charisse (born Tula Ellice Finklea in Amarillo, Texas). Has there ever been another performer so poised yet … Continue reading →

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