Monthly Archives: November 2011

THEY WERE BORN TO DANCE!

Broadway Melody of 1940, directed by Norman Taurog, written (if you can call it that) by Leon Gordon and George Oppenheimer, with help from nine other writers (including Preston Sturges). Starring Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, weird George Murphy, and the … Continue reading →

by Peter Schilling Jr. Posted on November 30, 2011

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WORLD WITH AN END, AMEN

Melancholia, 2011. Directed and written by Lars von Trier. Starring Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alexander Skarsgård, John Hurt, Stellan Skarsgård, Keifer Sutherland, and Udo Keir as a wedding planner from Hell. Aren’t they all? Lars von Trier’s new film, Melancholia, concerns … Continue reading →

by Peter Schilling Jr. Posted on November 23, 2011

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THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAY: ROBERT RYAN

There he is, in Act of Violence, Joe Parkson, limping, gat in hand, desperate and obsessed with blowing away clean-living Frank Enley, maybe even taking Enley’s wife out in the process. You can’t get that one out of your head, … Continue reading →

by Peter Schilling Jr. Posted on November 10, 2011

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Monthly Archives: November 2011

THEY WERE BORN TO DANCE!

WORLD WITH AN END, AMEN

THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAY: ROBERT RYAN

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