Cary Grant in To Catch a Thief Michaela Owens defines what makes Hollywood icon Cary Grant such a fascinating and endlessly watchable star. Seeing Cary Grant’s face is a religious experience. With his impossibly deep tan, expressive chocolate-brown eyes, glistening black hair, and famously dimpled chin (who else can say they have an instantly recognizable… Read more »
A cab barrels through the amber Los Angeles night In honor of its 20th anniversary this month, Chris Forrester dives into the Michael Mann thriller Collateral, the first film to really foreground the digital style that has defined the filmmaker’s career since. While for the majority of filmgoers, the transition from film to digital might… Read more »
A new Marion Crane for a new Psycho Using examples from such luminaries as William Friedkin and Steven Soderbergh, Chris Forrester discusses three different kinds of remakes and what their filmmaking approaches bring to the table. IU Cinema’s series Re:Made parses the nature of the remake by screening pairs of films — inspiring originals and… Read more »
Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity In this appreciation of the femme fatale, Michaela Owens looks at two of cinema’s coolest and most indelible, Phyllis Dietrichson and Matty Walker. In a blackened office, Fred MacMurray bitterly recounts his story of lust and crime into a Dictaphone as he slowly bleeds out, a consequence any man deserves… Read more »
Author Sarah Royal and the cover of her new book A.K.A. Lucy: The Dynamic and Determined Life of Lucille Ball In this interview, Michaela Owens talks to Sarah Royal, a pop-culture historian and the author of a new book on everybody’s favorite redhead, the one and only Lucille Ball. A television pioneer, comedy legend, and… Read more »
Joan Bennett in Jean Renoir’s The Woman on the Beach, Jack’s favorite film of this year’s Il Cinema Ritrovato festival In this recap of Italy’s recent Il Cinema Ritrovato film festival, Jack Miller showcases the unique offerings and exclusive screenings he was able to experience earlier this summer. This past June, cinephiles from all over… Read more »