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Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway practicing the kiss scene in Chinatown.

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Early color film from 1922: Actresses vamp for the camera

These test clips, showcasing Kodak’s innovations in film and color processing, are not just enjoyable but positively hypnotizing.

Even more interesting to a modern viewer are the women’s gestures. They act out fluttery, innocent modesty; warm maternal love; and in the longest sequence, sexy, puckered-lip vamping. Their open expressions of feeling and the particular way they move their hands and tilt their heads, even more than the fashions of their clothes and makeup, immediately mark them as women of the interwar period. Recently a Russian film scholar, Oksana Bulgakowa, has shown how various feelings and meanings were coded in the gestures of early film actors. Some of these are so unfamiliar now, they seem like a foreign language. 

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movieposteroftheday: 1969 German re-release poster for THE THIN MAN (W.S. Van Dyke, USA, 1934) Designer: Berthold Poster source: KinoArt.de The German title translates as “The Untraceable.”

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1969 German re-release poster for THE THIN MAN (W.S. Van Dyke, USA, 1934)

Designer: Berthold

Poster source: KinoArt.de

The German title translates as “The Untraceable.”

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From 1970s starfucker Carole Mallory’s new memoir

Robert Deniro: “During lovemaking, he never stopped looking in my eyes. He had a butterfly tattoo that I later realized matched his flighty spirit. So did the fact he left his socks on.”

Peter Sellers: “I kissed him all over his hairy body. He had hair everywhere. He even had it on his back. I liked it. He reminded me of a giant panda bear.”

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The dramatically dilapidated Loews King Theatre, on Flatbush Avenue, is set for a resurrection.

The place was built in 1929. A young Barbra Streisand once worked here. So did Sylvester Stallone.

It’s been closed since 1977, but it’s still the largest indoor theater in Brooklyn, with 3,200 seats. I got to walk around inside yesterday, and despite all the dust and decay, it’s pretty spectacular.

The plan is to restore its former grandeur, and turn it into a major performing arts center. Opening set for 2015.

As a former Brooklynite, I should confess: I’m a little envious.

I’ve been following this story for the past year or so with major excitement. Can’t wait to see this theater — and to see it in use again.

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amyohconnor: Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange and Daniel Bruhl as Daniel Domscheit-Berg in a still from the upcoming Julian Assange biopic “The Fifth Estate”. Whaaat?

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Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange and Daniel Bruhl as Daniel Domscheit-Berg in a still from the upcoming Julian Assange biopic “The Fifth Estate”.

Whaaat?

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I thankfully want to say that I’m standing in a room of people who understand that depiction is not endorsement, and if it was, no artist could ever portray inhumane practices; no author could ever write about them; and no film-maker could ever delve into the naughty subjects of our time.
Kathryn Bigelow accepting the best director award at the 2012 New York Film Critics Circle (via kateoplis)

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redvelvetteacake: Of course, nobody goes with the idea of dying, everybody wants to live. I don’t remember his exact words, but the meaning was that grand things are ahead, worth living and worth dying for. He himself said that.  You know what one of your resolutions should be? To watch Reds.

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Of course, nobody goes with the idea of dying, everybody wants to live. I don’t remember his exact words, but the meaning was that grand things are ahead, worth living and worth dying for. He himself said that. 

You know what one of your resolutions should be? To watch Reds.

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Deleted scene from Ed Wood.

Bill Murray singing Que Sera Sera in Spanish. 

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megsokay: hellogiggles: Crush Of The Week: CRUSH OF THE WEEK: LEE PACE by Meghan O’Keefe http://bit.ly/VyGyoi In which I apologize to Dan for not listening to him years ago when I had the chance. This is also Valentina’s fault. And Peter Jackson’s. Love. Him. So. If you haven’t watched The Fall or Wonderfalls, you should get on that, like — now.

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Crush Of The Week: CRUSH OF THE WEEK: LEE PACE

by Meghan O’Keefe

In which I apologize to Dan for not listening to him years ago when I had the chance.

This is also Valentina’s fault.

And Peter Jackson’s.

Love. Him. So.

If you haven’t watched The Fall or Wonderfalls, you should get on that, like — now.

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Posted 8 months ago
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bbook: “I knew he’d be good, but I can’t say that I expected what we got. I love watching him, and I get the impression people don’t understand that there’s actually a truly inventive and disciplined actor there, which I guess is great. I would hate to say too much and uncover the mystery.” - Paul Thomas Anderson At one point I started crying because his acting was just so damn fantastic, it was frightening. Goddammit I cannot wait to see this movie.

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“I knew he’d be good, but I can’t say that I expected what we got. I love watching him, and I get the impression people don’t understand that there’s actually a truly inventive and disciplined actor there, which I guess is great. I would hate to say too much and uncover the mystery.” - Paul Thomas Anderson

At one point I started crying because his acting was just so damn fantastic, it was frightening.

Goddammit I cannot wait to see this movie.

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Little French Boy - Burt Bacharach/Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass - Casino Royale (1967) original soundtrack

I have been thoroughly obsessed with this soundtrack of late. There’s not a dud in the bunch. It’s zany, ridiculous, and obscenely catchy. I just watched the film last night for the first time: I would describe it as “bonkers.”

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Er. Banksy prints are available on Gilt today. He is definitely punking…well, someone. And I just bloody watched Exit From the Gift Shop last night, too. (via Banksy - Gilt Home)

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Banksy prints are available on Gilt today.

He is definitely punking…well, someone.

And I just bloody watched Exit From the Gift Shop last night, too.

(via Banksy - Gilt Home)

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Red Band Trailer: ‘The To Do List’ - Feb 14, 2013

Written and directed by Maggie Carey, starring Aubrey Plaza, Alia Shawkat, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Donald Glover, Andy Samberg, Bill Hader, Rachel Bilson, Scott Porter, Johnny Simmons, Sarah Steele, Connie Britton and Clark Gregg.

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Thumbs up.

I hope.

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Posted 9 months ago
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stryker: A distillation of the genius of early Wes Anderson, namely the economy of his storytelling. Murray’s idiot kids pile into the car and in a few swift motions, crank the AC full blast. His thin hair blows back, and we meet a man whose disappointment in his heirs is outweighed only by that which is directed inward.

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A distillation of the genius of early Wes Anderson, namely the economy of his storytelling. Murray’s idiot kids pile into the car and in a few swift motions, crank the AC full blast. His thin hair blows back, and we meet a man whose disappointment in his heirs is outweighed only by that which is directed inward.

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