Sunday Jun 28 | Washington Times
VAULTS: See you in court with 'Anatomy'
Memorable titles don't necessarily reflect the content of their stories with impeccable fidelity.
'Big Man Japan' stomps into DFT
By day, he's a mild-mannered, cat-loving, noodle-eating Tokyo citizen. But when the calls to action come, he grows to 40 times his original size and protects the city from a series of perverse monsters.
The Boston Derby Dames welcome Austin's Texacutioners from the inhuman heat of their home state in order to put the beat down on them properly.
TV and Art Films: June 21 to 27
For the week of Sunday, June 21, through Saturday, June 27. Reviewed by Tony Lucia.
The Fishko Files: Films of '59
In a few days, summer officially begins. That means large numbers of summer movies - 28 open in July alone.
Making the case for 1959 as jazz's greatest year
The albums - Miles Davis' "Sketches of Spain" , Charles Mingus' "Mingus Ah Um" and "Time Out" by the Dave Brubeck Quartet - are unassailable parts of the American cultural canon.
When I'm not going to film screenings in Manhattan, or watching DVD screeners at home, I'm rewatching movies in my own collection or catching up with classics I've never seen courtesy of Netflix .
New York City's Hometown Newspaper - ...
Mercedes Ellington, granddaughter of Duke, keeps in step at 70
Mercedes Ellington, at Dizzy's Club, has no plans of retiring. Her dancing career may have worn out two kneecaps, but Mercedes Ellington is not ready to leave the stage just yet.
A lazy interpretation of the life of Otto Ludwig Preminger would cast him as something close to a caricature: a relentlessly ambitious film director of Germanic origins and habits, who flourished in a world of Hollywood hedonism through his insistence on discipline, venting his fury at any hapless actor who dared to divert from his strict ...
Anatomy of a Murder In this classic courtroom thriller, the defendant is on trial for murdering the man who allegedly raped his wife.
Jason Anderson At the height of his fame in the 1950s and '60s, his name alone was enough to brand a movie with an air of old-world class and prestige.
Fallen Angels: The Films of Otto Preminger
Left: Exhibit A: Anatomy Of A Murder, with James Stewart and Kathryn Grant, is Premingera s best.
Anatomy of a Legendary Filmmaker: Cinematheque Launches Otto Preminger Retrospective
How do you earn a spot in cinematic history? Otto Preminger 's formula was simple: compelling characters, good stories, and mastery of the craft.
THE MALTESE FALCON : How did Elisha Cook Jr.'s homosexual Wilmer sneak past Joseph Breen's watchdogs? Museum of Fine Arts: June 4-27 "At heart, film noir was Code splintering.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Jazz aficionado looks back at greatest year in history of jazz
Most film buffs believe 1939 was the great year in the history of film. As I wrote just a few weeks ago, it was the time of Gone with the Wind , The Wizard of Oz , Stagecoach and many others.
Series honors legendary musician from Dayton
Cityfolk continues the Celebrating Billy Strayhorn series with two film screenings, a seminar with one of the foremost authorities on Strayhorn's life and a concert featuring Strayhorn's work.
Bob Sneider and Joe Locke Film Noir Project: Nocturne for Ava
Nocturne for Ava slips into noir territory-under night's cover, fedora pulled down low, trench coat collar up, immersed in a night of blurry neon glowing through a low misty fog, much in the fashion of its predecessor, Fallen Angel .
BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
Tammy Grimes & Marian Seldes Join Author David Sheward to Discuss George C. Scott Feb. 3
George C. Scott created some of the 20th century's most memorable performances on stage and screen-the cunning prosecutor in Anatomy of a Murder, the manipulative gambler in The Hustler, the buffoonishly ...
The movie that put Ishpeming on the map
UP plans events this summer to mark 50th anniversary of 'Anatomy of a Murder' BY JOHN MONAGHAN * FREE PRESS SPECIAL WRITER * January 20, 2009 In the former banquet room of the Roosevelt Supper Club in the tiny ...
Ellington's score still celebrated
Though heard only in bits and pieces during the film, Duke Ellington's score for 'Anatomy of a Murder' contains some of his most evocative and eloquent music.