Posts Tagged as ‘movies’

May 12, 2009

Kate the Great

Turner Classic Movies is airing a 1973 Katharine Hepburn interview. I love watching her talk outside of the movies. She just kicks her feet up on the table, spews no bullshit, and never doubts herself.

April 13, 2009

The Audrey Hepburn Rule

It’s a rule: If you were ever a teenage girl, and you were at all into movies (or fashion, or thin people) you  went through an Audrey Hepburn stage. There are a hundred beautiful movie stars of the black & white era, and yet it’s not Gene Tierney or Ava Gardner or even Grace Kelly [...]

April 6, 2009

Like Searching for Meaning in a Pauly Shore Movie: Why Clueless Is One of the Best Comedies Ever Made

Six reasons why Clueless is one of the best comedies ever made:
1) You may or may not know that Clueless is an updated adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma. Updates are tough. Adhere too slavishly to the source material, and the new version seems stilted. Deviate too far from it, and you might as well not [...]

March 31, 2009

Personality.

Netflix has pinpointed me as the type of person who would be most interested in:

Critically Acclaimed, Visually Striking Romantic Movies
Witty Movies Starring Katharine Hepburn
Foreign Musicals
Dark War Movies from the 1950s
Independent Period Pieces

Sometimes the internet is like one giant Rorschach test.