Being an ally is active, not passive. It sounds absurd now, but I’ve only just internalised that you can’t rely on simply knowing that you’re a person with good intentions who isn’t racist, sexist, misogynistic, transphobic, homophobic, xenophobic, ableist. Because allyship isn’t about intention. Because declaring “I am an ally” is insufficient. Listening is vital […]
An analysis of Charles Vidor’s 1946 noir classic Gilda, and the actress who inevitably stole the show. The American love goddess herself, Rita Hayworth. In the winter of 1947, a LIFE magazine writer by the name of Winthrop Sargeant released an article titled, ‘The Cult of the Love Goddess in America’. With a title of […]
via Why Gilda is Rita Hayworth’s finest embodiment — Portfolio | Mysite Copy
By Charlotte Du Cann Sit beside me: I am in a circle in the back room of a small pub in North Oxford, under the shelter of a giant copper beech. Spring is unfurling its leaves. A man is talking. His name is Edward and he is the oldest person in the room, the unofficial […]
PRINCESS DIANA fans have made their voices heard on social media after it was announced actress Kristen Stewart will play the late Princess of Wales in a new film.
To understand a society, watch its films. Germany during the rise of the Nazis still had a film industry, controlled by a central propaganda machine that decreed what films could be made and their subject matters. By the start of World War II, many of Germany’s leading filmmakers, actors, writers, and other artists fled to […]
via ‘Paracelsus’ Exposes the Tension Between Subversion and Propaganda — Citizen Dame
Today is the 119th birthday of Anastasia, the Russian duchess that was executed with her entire family, servants and dog by Bolsheviks led by Vladmir Lenin. Books and movies have been produced based on the chance that she somehow survived, but science has caught up and her remains have been confirmed along with the rest […]
via Happy 119th Birthday Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova of Russia — Waldina
Racial representation in the movie industry — both in front of and behind the camera — has long been a topic of debate. And though the share of black filmmakers shooting major studio films has increased dramatically in recent years — 16 of the directors of the 100 top-grossing movies in 2018 are black, according […]
Director: Stanley Kramer Writer: William Rose (Screenplay) Starring: Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn, Katharine Houghton, Cecil Kellaway, Beah Richards, Roy Glenn Plot: A couple’s attitudes are challenged when their daughter introduces them to her African-American fiancé. Runtime: 1 Hour 48 Minutes There may be spoilers in the rest of the review Verdict: Outstanding Story: […]
via Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) Movie Review — Movie Reviews 101
This is a guest post, hosted by Win’s Books and written by Surabhi Kaushik. I have always been a storyteller. So, it’s no surprise that fiction is my favorite genre. I enjoy reading and writing fiction. I have been writing short stories for a long time now. My stories are mostly about regular people, their […]
Directed by Delmer Daves. Screenplay by Edmund H. North & (an originally uncredited) (thanks, Blacklist) Dalton Trumbo. Based on the semi-autobiographical novel “My Reminiscences as a Cowboy” by Frank Harris. (Totally badass) Opening title sequence by the great Saul Bass. Glenn Ford is Tom Reece, an experienced cattle rustler who is well-known & well-respected at […]
First Scene Screenplay Festival 