Author Archives: Donald Gray

Beauty Feeds the Beast

Josette Day gently feeds a furry Jean Marais on the set of Jean Cocteau‘s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. (via Video Watchdog‘s Tim Lucas)

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MI4: GHOST PROTOCOL [Bird/2011] Creaky franchise, still showing its Cold War roots, is lifted somewhat by three beautiful action set-pieces.

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Hollywood Watermelon Patch

Clark Gable and Carole Lombard enjoy a summery snack.

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Under His Umbrella

The Criterion Collection is releasing a new high-definition digital restoration of Ishiro Honda‘s GODZILLA on Blu-Ray Disc today.

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Back to the Future

Fritz Lang‘s 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, as imagined by Peter Stults.

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Serpentine Storytime

STORYTIME, an animated short made by Terry Gilliam in 1968.

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We Need to Talk

Australian poster for Lynne Ramsay‘s WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN, opening in New York on January 13th.

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SENNA [Kapadia/2010 ] Engrossing doc about famed F1 racer is a tragic story told w/ narrative aplomb; archival footage trumps talking heads.

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Farewell, Cheeta

One of the original chimpanzees who played Cheeta in the Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan movies died recently at the age of 80. Watching TARZAN’S NEW YORK ADVENTURE on KPLR TV in St. Louis when I was young turned out to be … Continue reading

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Bette Davis Wears a Fez

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