Film

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Film, Theater

Donal Donnelly, Actor 1931-2010

January 7, 2010

Donnelly as the drunken Freddie Malins in John Huston’s last film, The Dead (1987). RIP

Film, Food and Drink, Theater

Another Page

January 3, 2010

Some will go back to work, while others will return from long vacations, visits to family or friends, or the epic drunk they’ve been on since the office Christmas party. For most of us the Monday after New Year’s Day signifies the true turning of time, and a return to business as usual. I’ve long…

Film, Writing

Dan O’Bannon, Screenwriter 1946-2009

December 21, 2009

Film, Television

Jennifer Jones 1919-2009

December 18, 2009

Best known for her Oscar winning turn in 1943’s The Song of Bernadette (at the age of 25), here’s Jones as the tempestuous Pearl in King Vidor’s 1946 horse opera Duel in the Sun. Underrated as an actress, possibly because at her peak she was also the wife of David O. Selznick, who shepherded her career. RIP.

Film, Television, Theater

Gene Barry 1919-2009

December 11, 2009

Barry, center, with Robert Stack and Anthony Franciosa in a favorite show from boyhood, NBC’s “The Name of the Game.” Check out their double-breasted style. I distinctly remember wanting to be all three of them–RIP.

Film, Writing

Letting go

December 10, 2009

Death shrouds Tom Ford’s adaptation of Christopher Isherwood’s 1964 novel A Single Man. Its protagonist, George Falconer, is a rarity in fiction, and on film: a gay middle-aged academic who hides his grief under an air of poised inscrutability. He’s an Englishman in a southern California city who’s wrapping up the last day of his…

Criticals, Dance, Film

Widescreen Dreams

December 10, 2009

Published Attitude: The Dancer’s Magazine Winter 2009 This is the Rorschach: be born of more-or-less humble origins. Grow up, get the 1) acting, or 2) singing bug, and make your way to the big city. After a few stumbles and starts, your talent outs in a notable way and Hollywood takes the bait; go there…

Film, Television

Joseph Wiseman 1918-2009

October 20, 2009

Maybe it was his serenity that drew me. Surely it’s what gave his portrayal of the title character in 1962’s Dr. No the dose of unease that assured his status as one of the best villains in the James Bond pantheon. Before that, Wiseman’s no-fuss presence enlivened such films as Detective Story, Viva Zapata…

Dance, Film, Television

Patrick Swayze 1952-2009

September 15, 2009

Swayze, left, top row, in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Outsiders (1983)

Art, Books, Film

Jim Carroll, Poet 1950-2009

September 14, 2009

Genius is not a generous thing In return it charges more interest than any amount of royalties can cover And it resents fame With bitter vengeance Pills and powdres only placate it awhile Then it puts you in a place where the planet’s poles reverse Where the currents of electricity shift Your Body becomes…