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BOOK REVIEW: A Trio of New Books Excavates Some Big Movies from the 1980s

October 8, 2024
Happily, there’s gold to be found on nearly every page of this engaging book.

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Anne Bauchens receives a kiss from film star Victor Mature (top clipping), while a newspaper announces the engagement of Barbara McLean to director Robert Webb.
Features

O Pioneers! These Picture Editors Led the Way for Women in Post-Production During the Golden Years of the Studio System

July 26, 2024
There was a small group of women who had exceptionally successful editing careers that started almost at the birth of cinema and continued for much of the 20th century.

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Steve Martin in “Parenthood.”
Features

Just Kidding: A Generation Later, ‘Parenthood’ Still Brings It All Back Home

July 22, 2024
Though we GenXers might look back  on our favorite ’80s films with some chagrin, “Parenthood” (1989) holds up.

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Book Reviews

Book Review: How ‘The Exorcist’ Became THE Monster Horror Hit of the Early 1970s

January 10, 2024
The late filmmaker William Friedkin was fond of describing his 1973 horror masterpiece “The Exorcist” as being a meditation on “the mystery of faith.”

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Tail Pop

Why Fox Nearly Pulled the Plug On the Original ‘Star Wars,’ the Biggest Space Epic of All Time

February 9, 2024
The lights came on… Shock. Silence. “Oh man, we’re just working on a schlock low-budget Roger Corman sci-fi,” we thought.

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Doug Drake.
Union Made

Union Made: He Grew Up In Florida, But the Lure Of Filmmaking Drew This Colorist Back to California

February 8, 2024
By Doug Drake Although I grew up in the Florida Keys, I was born in San Diego at the Balboa […]
TWO OF US: Siskel, left, and Ebert in 1981, with their mascot Spot.
Book Reviews

Book Review: How Siskel & Ebert Became the Most Famous Movie Critics In America

March 18, 2024
Nostalgic fans of Siskel and Ebert may be the only readers to welcome all this detail.

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Matt McFarland.
Features

Out of Omaha: How a Childhood Movie Fascination Led to a Career

November 9, 2023
By Matt McFarland   When I was g rowing up in Omaha, Nebraska, during the ’70s and ’80s, movies were […]
LAST MOVIE: “The Incredibles” has humor and heart.
Features

‘So Glad You’re Here’: Sharing Mom’s Last Days with ‘The Incredibles’ 

November 6, 2023
It’s an all-time personal favorite. It was also the last movie I watched with my mom.

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SECRET CODE: Marlene Dietrich and Victor McLaglen in “Dishonored.”
Book Reviews

BOOK REVIEW: A Deep Dive Into the Secret History of Espionage and Entertainment

November 6, 2023
  By Betsy A. McLane Not all actors and writers are spies,  but every spy has a bit of actor […]

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