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Q. In your Great Movie review of "Casablanca," you refer to Claude Rains' character as subtly homosexual. I thought that his character was portrayed as a complete, though effete, womanizer.
Q. In your Great Movie review of "Casablanca," you refer to Claude Rains' character as subtly homosexual. I thought that his character was portrayed as a complete, though effete, womanizer.
Think you know which movie this is from? Tell Filmbrain. I enjoy Filmbrain's Screen Capture Quizes over at Like Anna Karina's Sweater, which as to be one of the best blog names out there -- along with Sergio Leone and…
A dream of dying: "Los Olvidados." Flickhead is hosting a Buñuel blog-a-thon this week, with postings on famous and obscure Buñuelian objects of desire. From the intro: Few filmmakers have held my attention, respect and admiration for as long or…
View image From the poster for "Zoo." "Zoo," tagged unfairly at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival as "the horse-f---ing movie," is pure artsploitation. Although labeled a "documentary" by some, it's really more of a pristine horror-fantasy about sex -- that…
In the lobby in a Loop high-rise, there is a dandy new wide-screen flat-panel TV set. Whenever I see it, the picture looks squashed. That is because it comes in a ratio of about 4:3, like almost all TV, and…
by Maureen O'Donnell
View image It's called a laptop for more than one reason... Weren't there stories just like this about the invention of the telephone? These kinds of reports mystify me, as if they're coming from someplace in the distant past and…
View image From Forbes.com:But which pundits have the most sway over America? Or, more specifically, which have the most influence by appealing to those most sought after by advertisers? To find out, Forbes analyzed data compiled by market research group…
From Aaron Fair, San Antonio, TX:
This letter from his father refers to my interview here with Ian Michael Smith, the 3'2" star of "Simon Birch" in 1991, who is now a student at MIT. The day I talked to him he had just had a…
