Ain’t There Anyone Here for (Platonic) Love? Persia on Dorothy, Lorelei, and GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Intimate Diary of a Professional Lady was a light comic trifle…
The Friday Article Roundup: Rock Out
This Week You Will Jam to: thrash metal Sundance controversy hand-drawn animation an iconic starlet…
Year of the Month: THE MISFITS and Hollywood Modernism
The Misfits epitomizes a certain type of Hollywood modernist aesthetic: a film about Big Ideas…
Attention Must Be Paid: Marilyn Monroe
Frankly, her early life makes for heartbreaking reading. She didn’t know who her father was;…
Of Course, They Did Write a QUANTUM LEAP Episode About Her
It’s mostly ebbed, but for a while there, women on my Facebook feed were routinely…
Re-Viewing 1980s U.S. Films – Part 5: Swimming to Cambodia
Reagan’s Morning in America was a dream world, suggesting that even the more massive historical…