If Harmony Korine hadn’t already made the year’s boldest statement on the amoral, thrill-seeking hedonism of 21st-century adolescence in his sensory-assaulting, taboo-teasing, and surprisingly thoughtful Spring Breakers, then Sofia Coppola’s take on the insta-infamy of “The Bling Ring” gang – a band of privileged young women who started burglarizing celebrities in the Hollywood Hills just a handfu...[Read More]
Arriving at England’s Shepperton Studios in the summer of 1956, Marilyn Monroe is at the height of her star power and notorious for her unreliable nature on film sets. She is there to play an unchallenging, bubbly role for the great actor/director Laurence Olivier in his production The Sleeping Prince. Tellingly, the movie will arrive in 1957 as The Prince and the Showgirl in order to play up Mari...[Read More]
The release of the eighth, and final, installment of the highest grossing film series of all time, the highly anticipated Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, was celebrated at midnight showings across the country. Twitter and Facebook chirped with updates about the new film. Even if you happen to be one of those few Americans who have not seen a single Harry Potter film or read any of th...[Read More]