“It’s time to speak of unspoken things,” is the tagline for a forgotten late 1960s Joseph Losey film called Secret Ceremony, an odd psychodrama starring frequent Tennessee Williams muse Elizabeth Taylor—and is perhaps a narrative born from the success and cultural obsessions with the famed playwright from the 1950s to early 1960s. But speaking of other unspoken things, the absent reverence for one of the most vibrant adaptations of a Williams text one comes to the void afforded 1960’s The Fugitive Kind, directed by Sidney Lumet and based on the play Orpheus Descending. Its origins are as interesting as the eventual execution, including how Williams re-tooled his early play Battle Angels and how it was rewritten as Orpheus and then as a film which would reunite him with his A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) star Marlon Brando and The Rose Tattoo (1955) Academy Award winner Anna Magnani.…
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- 2/18/2020
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Joseph Gordon-Levitt‘s life just got a little sunnier!
The Snowden star and his wife, businesswoman and robotics expert Tasha McCauley, are second-time parents to a baby boy they welcomed in June, a rep confirms to People. No other details, including the baby’s name, are available.
McCauley and Gordon-Levitt, 36, share another son, who turns 2 next month.
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The Snowden star and his wife, businesswoman and robotics expert Tasha McCauley, are second-time parents to a baby boy they welcomed in June, a rep confirms to People. No other details, including the baby’s name, are available.
McCauley and Gordon-Levitt, 36, share another son, who turns 2 next month.
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- 7/20/2017
- by Jen Juneau
- PEOPLE.com
Scarlett Johansson is reportedly back on the market.
The 32-year-old actress split from her husband of two years, Romain Dauriac, over the summer, according to People.
Watch: Scarlett Johansson, America Ferrera and More Deliver Powerful Speeches at Women's March on Washington
While the Ghost in the Shell star has yet to officially comment on the status of her relationship, she was not wearing her wedding ring when she was spotted out and about in New York City on Wednesday, or at the Women's March on Washington over the weekend.
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The pair, who secretly tied the knot in Philipsburg, Montana, in October 2014, was last spotted together at the grand opening party for their new popcorn shop, Yummy Pop, at Theatre du Gymnase in Paris, France, on Dec. 16, 2016. Johansson was all smiles at the fête, posing for pictures with the French journalist.
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The 32-year-old actress split from her husband of two years, Romain Dauriac, over the summer, according to People.
Watch: Scarlett Johansson, America Ferrera and More Deliver Powerful Speeches at Women's March on Washington
While the Ghost in the Shell star has yet to officially comment on the status of her relationship, she was not wearing her wedding ring when she was spotted out and about in New York City on Wednesday, or at the Women's March on Washington over the weekend.
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The pair, who secretly tied the knot in Philipsburg, Montana, in October 2014, was last spotted together at the grand opening party for their new popcorn shop, Yummy Pop, at Theatre du Gymnase in Paris, France, on Dec. 16, 2016. Johansson was all smiles at the fête, posing for pictures with the French journalist.
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- 1/25/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
In Jennifer Aniston‘s first commercial as brand ambassador for Emirates Airline, the actress looks for the shower aboard a U.S. flight with a bag of toiletries in tow. “Hi, I’m looking for the shower?” the bathrobe-clad actress asks the flight crew, who tell her that the plane does not offer showers, then ply her with a bag of peanuts and a hot towel instead. “Emirates planes have showers and they have bars,” Aniston fires back, before the crew starts laughing at her and she faints. Also Read: Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux Married in Secret Ceremony Thankfully for Aniston,...
- 10/6/2015
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Newlywed Jennifer Aniston made her first public appearance on Wednesday since her fairytale wedding to Justin Theroux at their Bel-Air home on Aug. 5. Looking tanned and relaxed in a black jumpsuit after their well-documented honeymoon to Bora Bora, Aniston joined her costars for the Los Angeles premiere of “She’s Funny That Way” at the Harmony Gold Theater on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood. Aniston, Owen Wilson, Kathryn Hahn and Imogen Poots star in the Peter Bogdanovich-directed comedy that shows us how small the world really is. Also Read: Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux Married in Secret Ceremony Jennifer Aniston and...
- 8/20/2015
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
Scarlett Johansson is no stranger to the music scene, but her latest project is something completely different.
News: Scarlett Johansson: My Baby Looks 'Completely Different' From What I Imagined
The actress has assembled a pop supergroup featuring singer-songwriters Julia Haltigan, Holly Miranda and Kendra Morris, as well as eldest Haim sister Este Haim, who's traded in her trademark bass for a seat behind the drum kit. Johannson cites Grimes, the Bangles and the Go-Go's as influences for the group, currently calling themselves The Singles.
"The idea was to write super-pop dance music written and performed by girls," Johansson told Rolling Stone. "I wanted it to be like those bands: ultra-pop but also a little ironic, a little in on the joke."
Check out the group's fun, electro-pop single "Candy" below.
News: Scarlett Johansson Married Romain Dauriac in Secret Ceremony
The Singles is a new direction for Johansson's music career, which has already...
News: Scarlett Johansson: My Baby Looks 'Completely Different' From What I Imagined
The actress has assembled a pop supergroup featuring singer-songwriters Julia Haltigan, Holly Miranda and Kendra Morris, as well as eldest Haim sister Este Haim, who's traded in her trademark bass for a seat behind the drum kit. Johannson cites Grimes, the Bangles and the Go-Go's as influences for the group, currently calling themselves The Singles.
"The idea was to write super-pop dance music written and performed by girls," Johansson told Rolling Stone. "I wanted it to be like those bands: ultra-pop but also a little ironic, a little in on the joke."
Check out the group's fun, electro-pop single "Candy" below.
News: Scarlett Johansson Married Romain Dauriac in Secret Ceremony
The Singles is a new direction for Johansson's music career, which has already...
- 2/21/2015
- Entertainment Tonight
John Boorman's career is littered with misfires, maybe the price we pay for the huge artistic risks he takes. In between the early triumphs of Point Blank (1967) and Hell in the Pacific (1968) and his masterwork Deliverance (1972) lies Leo the Last, which gets very little love and not even the kind of scornful attention accorded to catastrophes like Zardoz (1974) and Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977).
Maybe this is because bad drama has kitsch value, whereas bad comedy nobody can stand, and Leo the Last appears, at times, to be attempting humor, a surprising choice for Boorman whose very humorlessness can seem a strength in his successful films and a weakness in his failures. There's something heroic about the fact that it apparently never occurred to Boorman that a man having sex wearing full plate armor (Excalibur), Sean Connery in thigh boots, bandoliers and nappy (Zardoz) and Linda Blair doing a musical...
Maybe this is because bad drama has kitsch value, whereas bad comedy nobody can stand, and Leo the Last appears, at times, to be attempting humor, a surprising choice for Boorman whose very humorlessness can seem a strength in his successful films and a weakness in his failures. There's something heroic about the fact that it apparently never occurred to Boorman that a man having sex wearing full plate armor (Excalibur), Sean Connery in thigh boots, bandoliers and nappy (Zardoz) and Linda Blair doing a musical...
- 11/20/2014
- by David Cairns
- MUBI
Anna Kendrick gushed over Blake Lively while promoting her new film The Voices, which stars Lively’s husband Ryan Reynolds, at the Sundance Film Festival.
Anna Kendrick Praises Ryan Reynolds
In The Voices, Reynolds stars as a factory worker who hears voices from his pet dog (a pseudo angel) and cat (the devil) that battle to influence him on everything, from who he should date to who he might kill. The black comedy/thriller premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, with Kendrick and director Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis) there to promote the film.
E! News caught up with Kendrick and Satrapi and asked what it was like working with Reynolds. Both Kendrick and Satrapi had nothing but praise for the actor, who was not in attendance.
“He’s an absolute dream. I can’t believe how down to earth he is,” Kendrick said. “It’s amazing how as an actor he...
Anna Kendrick Praises Ryan Reynolds
In The Voices, Reynolds stars as a factory worker who hears voices from his pet dog (a pseudo angel) and cat (the devil) that battle to influence him on everything, from who he should date to who he might kill. The black comedy/thriller premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, with Kendrick and director Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis) there to promote the film.
E! News caught up with Kendrick and Satrapi and asked what it was like working with Reynolds. Both Kendrick and Satrapi had nothing but praise for the actor, who was not in attendance.
“He’s an absolute dream. I can’t believe how down to earth he is,” Kendrick said. “It’s amazing how as an actor he...
- 1/24/2014
- Uinterview
The Dark Side of Sanity! kicks off at Trailers from Hell, with screenwriter Larry Karazsewski introducing "Secret Ceremony," which he calls "nobody's favorite Joseph Losey film," starring Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Mitchum and Mia Farrow. Losey is bettter known for deftly angst-ridden titles like 1951 noir "The Prowler" and 1963's "The Servant."This strange, dreamlike melodrama found little audience reception and is more famous today for the hatchet job Universal did on it to broadcast it on network tv. Elizabeth Taylor, playing a prostitute in the original, became a woman “who tried on wigs for a living”!
- 9/30/2013
- by Trailers From Hell
- Thompson on Hollywood
Kate Winslet is expecting her third child, a rep for the actress confirmed on Tuesday to The Hollywood Reporter. Story: How Ned Rocknroll Wooed Kate Winslet The child is the first for the Mildred Pierce star and husband Ned Rocknroll, who married Winslet in a secret ceremony in 2012. Winslet has two children, Mia Honey Threapleton, 12, and Joe Alfie Winslet Mendes, 9, with her two ex-husbands, Jim Threapleton and Skyfall director Sam Mendes. Rocknroll, 35, is the nephew of Richard Branson. Story: Kate Winslet Marries Richard Branson's Nephew in Secret Ceremony Born Abel Smith, he had his name legally changed to
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- 6/4/2013
- by THR Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Congratulations Janet! The singer debunked engagement rumors by revealing that she has already married her boyfriend Wissam. So cool!
Janet Jackson successfully pulled the wool over everyone’s eyes, as she revealed on Feb. 25 that she secretly married her boyfriend Wissam Al Mana in a “quiet, private, and beautiful ceremony.” Janet had been asked if she could confirm or deny engagement rumors when she admitted that she was already a wife! Read on for all the wedding details.
Janet Jackson Marries Wissam Al Mana In Secret Ceremony
Janet, 46, and Wissam, 37, were rumored to have gotten engaged last year, and they were said to have been planning an extravagant spring wedding. When asked about her marital status, Janet said that she and Wissam had already tied the knot!
“The rumors regarding an extravagant wedding are simply not true. Last year we were married in a quiet, private, and beautiful ceremony,” Janet told Et Online.
Janet Jackson successfully pulled the wool over everyone’s eyes, as she revealed on Feb. 25 that she secretly married her boyfriend Wissam Al Mana in a “quiet, private, and beautiful ceremony.” Janet had been asked if she could confirm or deny engagement rumors when she admitted that she was already a wife! Read on for all the wedding details.
Janet Jackson Marries Wissam Al Mana In Secret Ceremony
Janet, 46, and Wissam, 37, were rumored to have gotten engaged last year, and they were said to have been planning an extravagant spring wedding. When asked about her marital status, Janet said that she and Wissam had already tied the knot!
“The rumors regarding an extravagant wedding are simply not true. Last year we were married in a quiet, private, and beautiful ceremony,” Janet told Et Online.
- 2/25/2013
- by Eleanore Hutch
- HollywoodLife
"Crazy people never look their age," says a character in Joseph Losey's Secret Ceremony, which screened at Fantastic Fest as part of the "House of Psychotic Women" retrospective sidebar. The same could be said for the older films playing in the festival, that is, 'Crazy films never look their age.' From Wake in Fright to Miami Connection to The Shining (played forwards and backwards, simultaneously), none of the "crazy" older films looked out of place among the new offerings. Hosted by Kier-La Janisse, author of a beautiful new book of the same name, published by Fab Press, the "House of Psychotic Women" series shone a spotlight on three films featuring strong female protagonists who, in Janisse's words, share a propensity for "a lot of shouting."...
- 10/3/2012
- Screen Anarchy
It's been such a busy week for Austin film that we needed a second news roundup. Here are the highlights:
Fantastic Fest announced the first films in its lineup on Monday. The headline news is a red-carpet premiere of Dredd 3D, although no news yet who will be on the red carpet. The film's star, Karl Urban, was at Fantastic Fest in 2010 for the movie Red (my best photo here). Will he return? In addition, 17 other films were announced, including Wrong, the latest film from Rubber director Quentin Dupieux. No Austin or Texas films yet, but I've got my fingers crossed (coughBoneboyscough).The part of the Fantastic Fest announcement that pleased me most is a sidebar series programmed by Kier-La Janisse, one of the original Fantastic Fest programmers before she returned to Canada to program genre fests there. The "House of Psychotic Women" films tie into Janisse's new book of the same name,...
Fantastic Fest announced the first films in its lineup on Monday. The headline news is a red-carpet premiere of Dredd 3D, although no news yet who will be on the red carpet. The film's star, Karl Urban, was at Fantastic Fest in 2010 for the movie Red (my best photo here). Will he return? In addition, 17 other films were announced, including Wrong, the latest film from Rubber director Quentin Dupieux. No Austin or Texas films yet, but I've got my fingers crossed (coughBoneboyscough).The part of the Fantastic Fest announcement that pleased me most is a sidebar series programmed by Kier-La Janisse, one of the original Fantastic Fest programmers before she returned to Canada to program genre fests there. The "House of Psychotic Women" films tie into Janisse's new book of the same name,...
- 8/1/2012
- by Jette Kernion
- Slackerwood
Judgment is coming to Fantastic Fest with the red carpet premiere of Dredd 3D and the festival's initial lineup of incredible genre films. Fantastic Fest will take place September 20-27 in Austin, Texas, at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar.
Below is the initial lineup of films at this year's festival (as previously announced, Frankenweenie will have its world premiere on September 20 as the opening night film for the 2012 festival).
From the Press Release:
The future America is an irradiated wasteland. On its East Coast, running from Boston to Washington, DC, lies Mega City One - a vast, violent metropolis where criminals rule the chaotic streets. The only force of order lies with the urban cops called "Judges" who possess the combined powers of judge, jury and instant executioner. Known and feared throughout the city, Dredd (Karl Urban) is the ultimate Judge, challenged with ridding the city of its latest scourge...
Below is the initial lineup of films at this year's festival (as previously announced, Frankenweenie will have its world premiere on September 20 as the opening night film for the 2012 festival).
From the Press Release:
The future America is an irradiated wasteland. On its East Coast, running from Boston to Washington, DC, lies Mega City One - a vast, violent metropolis where criminals rule the chaotic streets. The only force of order lies with the urban cops called "Judges" who possess the combined powers of judge, jury and instant executioner. Known and feared throughout the city, Dredd (Karl Urban) is the ultimate Judge, challenged with ridding the city of its latest scourge...
- 7/30/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
We are just under two months out from Fantastic Fest 2012 being unleashed upon genre fans making their pilgrimage of the weird, wild and bizarre to Austin, Texas. The final art for Fantastic Fest 2012 from artist Mike Saputo (as seen above) was recently revealed to the world, but now the first wave of film programming for this year’s event has surfaced. As always, there proves to be a wide array of films in genre, style and national origin available to film enthusiasts, listed below.
Cockneys Vs. Zombies (2011)
Us Premiere
Director – Matthias Hoene, 87min
When a badly planned bank robbery and a zombie outbreak collide, hilarity ensues in this balls-out, irreverent British comedy.
Dead Sushi (2012)
Us Premiere
Director – Noboru Iguchi, 91min
Japanese splatter action comedy is on the menu when director Noboru Iguchi & karate girl Rina Takeda join forces to take on flying killer sushi monsters in Dead Sushi!
Dredd 3D (2012)
Gala Premiere
Director: Pete Travis,...
Cockneys Vs. Zombies (2011)
Us Premiere
Director – Matthias Hoene, 87min
When a badly planned bank robbery and a zombie outbreak collide, hilarity ensues in this balls-out, irreverent British comedy.
Dead Sushi (2012)
Us Premiere
Director – Noboru Iguchi, 91min
Japanese splatter action comedy is on the menu when director Noboru Iguchi & karate girl Rina Takeda join forces to take on flying killer sushi monsters in Dead Sushi!
Dredd 3D (2012)
Gala Premiere
Director: Pete Travis,...
- 7/30/2012
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Friday came & went and there was no Fantastic Fest 2012 announcement. We published a list of films we thought would play and so far, we got one hit on that (Dead Sushi). Fantastic Fest has officially announced their first wave of programming for this years festival. This is just the first wave and there will be plenty more films to announce between now and September along with the amazing events that are put on by the festival.
From the Press Release:
Judgment is coming to Fantastic Fest with the red carpet premiere of Dredd 3D and the festival’s initial lineup of incredible genre films. Fantastic Fest will take place September 20-27 in Austin, Texas at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar.
The future America is an irradiated waste land. On its East Coast, running from Boston to Washington DC, lies Mega City One – a vast, violent metropolis where criminals rule the chaotic streets.
From the Press Release:
Judgment is coming to Fantastic Fest with the red carpet premiere of Dredd 3D and the festival’s initial lineup of incredible genre films. Fantastic Fest will take place September 20-27 in Austin, Texas at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar.
The future America is an irradiated waste land. On its East Coast, running from Boston to Washington DC, lies Mega City One – a vast, violent metropolis where criminals rule the chaotic streets.
- 7/30/2012
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
This beautiful couple said 'I do' at their Austin home -- congratulations! Matthew McConaughey and his gorgeous baby mama Camila Alves have finally tied the knot! Matthew, 42, and Camila, 30, hosted the nuptials at their Austin, Texas estate on June 9, People reports. In a unique twist, large tents were pitched on the grounds of the Texas home. The reason? Guests are camping out after the nuptials! The intimate ceremony took place in front of family and close friends. The couple's two children -- son Levi, 3, and daughter Vida, 2 -- were also at the beautiful ceremony. Matthew and Camila met in a Los Angeles bar in 2006, and he popped the question on Christmas Day in 2011. Congratulations to the happy couple! [People] -- William Earl More Matthew: Matthew McConaughey & Camila Alves Are Getting Married This Weekend In A Secret Ceremony Matthew McConaughey: How I Became A Stripper Matthew McConaughey & Camila Alves: Engaged On...
- 6/10/2012
- by William Earl
- HollywoodLife
Giuseppe Patroni Griffi deserves attention. His chic revenger's tragedy 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (1971) is one possible way in: you get Charlotte Rampling, an Ennio Morricone score that's just a Jacobean riff on his spaghetti western stylings, lashings of sex and gore, and a design sensibility which pays some kind of lip service to period while being deliriously seventies at all times, so that it would not be too surprising if Oliver Tobias donned a set of sixteenth century tinted shades, or a tie-dyed doublet.
An alternative entry point is Identikit (1974), Aka The Driver's Seat, from the novel of that name by Muriel Spark. It's the tale of a mysterious woman wandering through a nameless city, hoping to rendezvous with "a friend" whom she's apparently never met. In a parallel plot thread, apparently taking place a day or two later, the police are interrogating everyone she's come into contact with.
An alternative entry point is Identikit (1974), Aka The Driver's Seat, from the novel of that name by Muriel Spark. It's the tale of a mysterious woman wandering through a nameless city, hoping to rendezvous with "a friend" whom she's apparently never met. In a parallel plot thread, apparently taking place a day or two later, the police are interrogating everyone she's come into contact with.
- 5/3/2012
- MUBI
The ladies who hail from the Golden State of California have a huge fan from the Olsen family! You'll never believe what Elizabeth's obsession is. Kim Richards, Brandi Glanville, Lisa Vanderpump and the rest of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills better be cooking up some crazy drama for next season because Elizabeth Olsen is counting on it. HollywoodLife.com caught up with the Olsen sibling March 6 at the New York premiere of her new thriller Silent House, hosted by Piaget, where she revealed the one show she can't live without. "I'm so depressed it's over," Elizabeth confessed about Rhobh. And we have to agree -- we're counting down the days until it's back on TV, too! Do you share Elizabeth's reality obsession, HollywoodLifers? Weigh in below! -- Nicole Karlis More Breaking News: Robert Pattinson’s Secret Calls With Katy Perry — New Report Reggie Bush Can’t Stop Thinking About...
- 3/7/2012
- by Nicole Karlis
- HollywoodLife
'I didn't ever decide I was going to be a composer. It was like being tall. It's what I was. It's what I did'
Sidney Lumet's 1974 film version of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express was something of a landmark in crime cinema. The star-studded cast (Bacall, Bergman, Connery, Finney, Gielgud, Redgrave . . .) and lavish production values provided both the template for later movie adaptations of Christie's work and paved the way for the successful trend of high-end television crime series. Richard Rodney Bennett, who had been writing for the screen since he was 18, and who was a technically brilliant classical composer with a deep knowledge of 1930s popular music, was an ideal choice to write the score.
"Stephen Sondheim recommended me," recalls Bennett. "And as soon as I saw the rushes I told Sidney that no one in their right mind was going to be scared out their wits by Agatha Christie.
Sidney Lumet's 1974 film version of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express was something of a landmark in crime cinema. The star-studded cast (Bacall, Bergman, Connery, Finney, Gielgud, Redgrave . . .) and lavish production values provided both the template for later movie adaptations of Christie's work and paved the way for the successful trend of high-end television crime series. Richard Rodney Bennett, who had been writing for the screen since he was 18, and who was a technically brilliant classical composer with a deep knowledge of 1930s popular music, was an ideal choice to write the score.
"Stephen Sondheim recommended me," recalls Bennett. "And as soon as I saw the rushes I told Sidney that no one in their right mind was going to be scared out their wits by Agatha Christie.
- 7/22/2011
- by Nicholas Wroe
- The Guardian - Film News
Philip French remembers the child star turned Oscar-winning actress, who was as celebrated as much for her tempestuous relationships as her movies
For people like myself, born in Britain in the inter-war years and growing up during the second world war, Elizabeth Taylor will always be thought of as the youngest of four British evacuees who brought their immaculate English accents to Hollywood and became an essential part of a corner of Tinseltown that was forever England. She and Peter Lawford were transported across the Atlantic by their parents as war clouds gathered over Europe and were put under contract by MGM in the early 1940s. Roddy McDowall followed when bombs began to fall on Britain, as did Angela Lansbury who was also signed by MGM. McDowall was the first to attain stardom, playing the Welsh miner's son in How Green Was My Valley and then appearing in MGM's children's classic,...
For people like myself, born in Britain in the inter-war years and growing up during the second world war, Elizabeth Taylor will always be thought of as the youngest of four British evacuees who brought their immaculate English accents to Hollywood and became an essential part of a corner of Tinseltown that was forever England. She and Peter Lawford were transported across the Atlantic by their parents as war clouds gathered over Europe and were put under contract by MGM in the early 1940s. Roddy McDowall followed when bombs began to fall on Britain, as did Angela Lansbury who was also signed by MGM. McDowall was the first to attain stardom, playing the Welsh miner's son in How Green Was My Valley and then appearing in MGM's children's classic,...
- 3/27/2011
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
We’ve lost a classic star, one that was almost too good to be true. She had brains and beauty in copious amounts, and film fans loved her every moment she was on screen. Not going to go into any of the ill will people threw upon her, this isn’t about any of that. This is about the legend Elizabeth Taylor and what she meant to us, movie lovers the world over. Of course this isn’t a definitive Top 10. This is mine, but I would love for anyone and everyone to contribute their own entries that they would pick instead.
10. Cleopatra (1963)
This was the film that introduced me to Elizabeth Taylor at a ripe young age of 5. Once she came on the screen, I was in love. Taylor was probably the earliest crush I could remember having (besides Drew Barrymore in E.T.) and I just couldn’t take my eyes off of her.
10. Cleopatra (1963)
This was the film that introduced me to Elizabeth Taylor at a ripe young age of 5. Once she came on the screen, I was in love. Taylor was probably the earliest crush I could remember having (besides Drew Barrymore in E.T.) and I just couldn’t take my eyes off of her.
- 3/25/2011
- by James McCormick
- CriterionCast
The actor Elizabeth Taylor has died aged 79. Here we look back over her work, from early roles in National Velvet and Little Women to her defining appearances opposite Richard Burton
News: Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79
Gallery: A career in pictures
It's difficult to think of a better argument for the separate-but-equal value of the terms "actor" and "film star" than the career of Elizabeth Taylor. If that reads as a slight on her ability, it shouldn't. Taylor was a sporadically marvellous performer, one who rarely superseded her director or material but who could, with those factors working in her favour, surpass some of her more gifted peers' capacity for reckless emotional danger.
She was the rare actor who was as interesting on a bad day as on a good one, and not just for her mesmeric physical beauty: like any great film star, she was as compelled by her own screen presence as we were,...
News: Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79
Gallery: A career in pictures
It's difficult to think of a better argument for the separate-but-equal value of the terms "actor" and "film star" than the career of Elizabeth Taylor. If that reads as a slight on her ability, it shouldn't. Taylor was a sporadically marvellous performer, one who rarely superseded her director or material but who could, with those factors working in her favour, surpass some of her more gifted peers' capacity for reckless emotional danger.
She was the rare actor who was as interesting on a bad day as on a good one, and not just for her mesmeric physical beauty: like any great film star, she was as compelled by her own screen presence as we were,...
- 3/23/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
The Queen is dead. Elizabeth Taylor, who died today at the age of 79, was officially a Dame of the British Empire. She was also Hollywood royalty. That phrase is wheeled out regularly by unimaginative broadcasters every time a Hollywood octogenarian — or even nonagenarian – departs for that dressing room in the sky. But though Taylor didn’t even make it to 80, her fame and (at times) her notoriety really did transcend all boundaries. With eight husbands, two Oscars, more than 50 movies and several premature obituaries to her name, she was rarely out of the news.
Born in Hampstead, North London, to American parents, Taylor relocated to Los Angeles during World War II. She made her screen debut in 1942′s There’s One Born Every Minute, but her real breakthrough came at MGM with Lassie Come Home (1943), in which she ignored that famous maxim about never working with animals and Roddy McDowall.
Born in Hampstead, North London, to American parents, Taylor relocated to Los Angeles during World War II. She made her screen debut in 1942′s There’s One Born Every Minute, but her real breakthrough came at MGM with Lassie Come Home (1943), in which she ignored that famous maxim about never working with animals and Roddy McDowall.
- 3/23/2011
- by Susannah
- SoundOnSight
Philip French looks back on the career of Elizabeth Taylor, one of the few actors to successfully move from child star to genuine cinema icon
Born in London to well-off American parents, Taylor was taken to America when war broke out and was in show-business from the age of 10. She became a major child star, giving one of her finest performances as Velvet Brown, the farmer's daughter and Grand National winner, in National Velvet (1944). Her steady development from charming child to alluring adult star culminated in Vincente Minnelli's Father of the Bride (1950). (Twenty one years later, Peter Bogdanovich used a clip from this in The Last Picture Show to present her as the belle idéale of the postwar years.)
At this point, the 5ft 2in, violet-eyed beauty's career became inextricably bound up with a much publicised private life, when her idyllic screen marriage coincided with her disastrous real-life marriage...
Born in London to well-off American parents, Taylor was taken to America when war broke out and was in show-business from the age of 10. She became a major child star, giving one of her finest performances as Velvet Brown, the farmer's daughter and Grand National winner, in National Velvet (1944). Her steady development from charming child to alluring adult star culminated in Vincente Minnelli's Father of the Bride (1950). (Twenty one years later, Peter Bogdanovich used a clip from this in The Last Picture Show to present her as the belle idéale of the postwar years.)
At this point, the 5ft 2in, violet-eyed beauty's career became inextricably bound up with a much publicised private life, when her idyllic screen marriage coincided with her disastrous real-life marriage...
- 3/23/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
• News: Elizabeth Taylor dies
• Elizabeth Taylor: a life in clips
Born in London to well-off American parents, Taylor was taken to America when war broke out and was in show-business from the age of 10. She became a major child star, giving one of her finest performances as Velvet Brown, the farmer's daughter and Grand National winner, in National Velvet (1944). Her steady development from charming child to alluring adult star culminated in Vincente Minnelli's Father of the Bride (1950). (Twenty one years later, Peter Bogdanovich used a clip from this in The Last Picture Show to present her as the belle idéale of the postwar years.)
At this point, the 5ft 2in, violet-eyed beauty's career became inextricably bound up with a much publicised private life, when her idyllic screen marriage coincided with her disastrous real-life marriage to the hotel heir Nicky Hilton, first of her seven husbands. From then on,...
• Elizabeth Taylor: a life in clips
Born in London to well-off American parents, Taylor was taken to America when war broke out and was in show-business from the age of 10. She became a major child star, giving one of her finest performances as Velvet Brown, the farmer's daughter and Grand National winner, in National Velvet (1944). Her steady development from charming child to alluring adult star culminated in Vincente Minnelli's Father of the Bride (1950). (Twenty one years later, Peter Bogdanovich used a clip from this in The Last Picture Show to present her as the belle idéale of the postwar years.)
At this point, the 5ft 2in, violet-eyed beauty's career became inextricably bound up with a much publicised private life, when her idyllic screen marriage coincided with her disastrous real-life marriage to the hotel heir Nicky Hilton, first of her seven husbands. From then on,...
- 3/23/2011
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Celebrity Death: Who is AIDS advocate and actress Elizabeth Taylor? [Mar. 23] Legend, actress Elizabeth Taylor died on the morning of March 23, 2011 due to congestive heart failure in Cedars –Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Taylor had been battling with cardiac disease since November 2004. An acting legend and celebrity Hollywood star, Elizabeth Taylor (Liz) was known for her movie roles in films such as Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966), The Flintstones (1994), Secret Ceremony (1968), and Cleopatra (1963). Elizabeth Taylor won an Oscar award for best actress for her role in the movie Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Infamous for her relationship troubles, Elizabeth Taylor was also recognized for her multiple Hollywood marriages and subsequent Hollywood divorces! Among the husbands she had were Richard Burton, Conrad Hilton, and Eddie Fisher. Who was legend Elizabeth Taylor? Born Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor on February 27, 1932, in London, England, Taylor moved to the United States at the age...
- 3/23/2011
- by Belky Says
- Green Celebrity
The film side of Canadian Artists ’68—an open competition that started with 120 entries and ended with 20 finalists and four prizewinners dividing $6,000— leaves strong impressions, stronger say than those of Secret Ceremony or the latest film featuring acting by a one-movie nymphet whose playing of a little girl parasite (Zita, Joanna, or Cenci) is being memorialized at this moment in Sunday supplements by Rex Reed or Guy Flatley.
Some of these impressions would obviously include (1) an austere “Loft To Let” space overlooking Canal Street in Manhattan, which is examined for 45 minutes in Michael Snow’s Wavelength as no room ever has been, outside of Vermeer paintings, (2) the nasty blankness of a prefab room in Clarke Mackey’s On Nothing Days and the poignantly dispirited way the lacklustre teenager walks to the window and stares at a scene of children jumping rope—as though he were going through a tunnel that stretched across seventeen cheerless years,...
Some of these impressions would obviously include (1) an austere “Loft To Let” space overlooking Canal Street in Manhattan, which is examined for 45 minutes in Michael Snow’s Wavelength as no room ever has been, outside of Vermeer paintings, (2) the nasty blankness of a prefab room in Clarke Mackey’s On Nothing Days and the poignantly dispirited way the lacklustre teenager walks to the window and stares at a scene of children jumping rope—as though he were going through a tunnel that stretched across seventeen cheerless years,...
- 12/7/2009
- MUBI
Adapted by Tennessee Williams from his allegorical, symbol-laden play The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore, this was the first of two somewhat hermetic movies in which Joseph Losey directed Elizabeth Taylor. In this one she plays the rich, six-times-divorced Flora Goforth, visited at her sumptuous, bizarrely staffed villa on her private Mediterranean island by a handsome angel of death (Richard Burton dressed as a Samurai warrior). In his penultimate screen appearance, Noël Coward is never out of a dinner jacket as Goforth's extremely camp confidant, known to her as the Witch of Capri. The film is beautifully photographed by Douglas Slocombe on the storm-lashed coast of Sardinia and is breathtakingly designed by Losey's regular collaborator Richard Macdonald. Mrs Goforth's mansion is a sight to behold. Like Secret Ceremony, Losey's other Taylor film, Boom! was a box-office disaster. But Williams thought it the best adaptation of one of his plays,...
- 12/6/2009
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
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