January 2011
4 posts
4 tags
Books: Bébé: The films of Brigitte Bardot (1975)
Hi, my name is Shannon, and I’m a bookaholic (Small crowd chomping on free donuts: “Hi Shannon!”). Perhaps there are worse vices to have, but soon you may see me on Strand’s version of Skid row peddling my ass for that Taschen Taxi Driver book or passes to the Tribeca Film Festival. Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that?! I bought Bébé: The Films of Brigitte...
3 tags
Hubba Hubba: Guy Madison (1945)
And now something for the ladies… Guy Madison, 1945 by John Miehle. Fellas forget about these blogs and magazines and know that all you need is a white t-shirt and you’re golden.
Hubba Hubba is a weekly feature showcasing the pulicity photos of the leading ladies and gents of old Hollywood. They don’t make ‘em like them they used to.
5 tags
La Haine (1995): Sound of da Police.
An Arab, an African and a Jew walk into a bar…
Beyond the glittering lights of Paris’ Eiffel Tower, the masterpieces and artifacts that nest in the Louvre and the chubby Americans wiping the last bits of a greasy melted Croque-monsieur from their lips, lies a place few tourists see. In America, the suburbs are a place where the stuffy middle class move to settle down and shield their...
4 tags
BONUS: The American Dreamer (1971)
I’m pretty new to Dennis Hopper’s filmography, thinking I might start with The American Dreamer: a documentary on his days directing his film The Last Movie.
Boys take note, this is what a man looks like.
(via OlsonStuff)