Posted in Lists on Dec 19th, 2007 No Comments »
The decorations are up and the sprouts are on; what better time for a short discussion of festive films?
So, where shall we start: the cheerful Christmas fare, like the evergreen It’s A Wonderful Life or Miracle on 34th Street, perhaps. Alternatively, there’s the anti-Christmas films, like Gremlins, Bad Santa and Tales From The Crypt, where […]
Posted in Directors, Hollywood, Stars, Style on Dec 11th, 2007 No Comments »
I’ve been thinking a lot about ‘style’ recently, not least because I’ve just re-watched six of the seven films Josef von Sternberg made with Marlene Dietrich. As you might have read in my previous post, they’ve overwhelmed me somewhat: you don’t write posts that long unless you’re besotted.
Sad to say, I’m not finished yet. That […]
Posted in Directors, Hollywood, Stars, Style on Dec 4th, 2007 No Comments »
I’ve been going through the 18 disc Marlene Dietrich: The Movie Collection. It’s a big box filled – as I suspect you’ve already guessed – with 18 films which feature Marlene Dietrich in some capacity. At the time of writing, MovieMail are offering it for about sixty notes, which makes it the bargain of the […]