Chloe Walker
@chlopinions.bsky.social
Films and stuff. Writing at: Paste, BFI, Culturefly, Podcast Review, Crooked Marquee, The A.V. Club, Little White Lies, Longreads and more! Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/Chloe1/
Aldo Ray is the first attractive man ever allowed onto the silver screen and I am always happy when he shows up. This is such a good write up.
Crooked Marquee@crooked-marquee.bsky.social · 3d ago“These downslides are often viewed as sad or embarrassing, yet there’s also a bracing realism to that trajectory,” @chlopinions.bsky.social writes of Aldo Ray, born 100 years ago today. “However much the best of it feels magical, at the end of the day, acting is a job.” buff.ly/XNwCgtd
“These downslides are often viewed as sad or embarrassing, yet there’s also a bracing realism to that trajectory,” @chlopinions.bsky.social writes of Aldo Ray. “However much the best of it feels magical, at the end of the day, acting is a job.” buff.ly/XNwCgtd
Aldo Ray: From "The Luckiest Guy in Movies" to "The Patron Saint of The Fallen Star" — Crooked Marquee
To mark his centenary, a look at the dramatic career highs and lows of gravel-voiced '50s movie star.
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To mark his centenary, a look at the dramatic career highs and lows of gravel-voiced '50s movie star, Aldo Ray: buff.ly/XNwCgtd
Aldo Ray: From "The Luckiest Guy in Movies" to "The Patron Saint of The Fallen Star" — Crooked Marquee
To mark his centenary, a look at the dramatic career highs and lows of gravel-voiced '50s movie star.
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Your dad would be proud as hell of you, my man.
Spectrum News NY1@spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social · 2w agoThe last speaker at the 9/11 remembrance ceremony lost his father to the attacks.
“Thirty years later, as we’ve only become more societally fractured and reliant on the firehose of information that comes from our constant access to technology, ‘The Trigger Effect’ feels perhaps even more potent than it did at the time of release,” @chlopinions.bsky.social writes. buff.ly/PVIYXCx
https://crookedmarquee.com/the-trigger-effect-at-30-david-koepps-bleak-beginnings/
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“Because Mankiewicz and Grant made many other classics that fit more neatly into genre boxes, ‘People Will Talk’ tends to get lost when talking about either of their careers,” @chlopinions.bsky.social writes. “Yet really, it’s the messiness that makes it special.” crookedmarquee.com/why-its-stil...
https://crookedmarquee.com/why-its-still-worth-talking-about-people-will-talk/
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no one put the lie to the myth of the nightmare genius artist quite like dolly parton
I think about what Roger wrote about Dolly Parton in his 9 TO 5 review any time I think of her: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/nine...
Siskel and Ebert Bot@siskel-ebert-bot.bsky.social · last mo.9 to 5 (1980) Director: Colin Higgins Cast: Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda Watch Review wp / wd
Pack it all in folks, a pillar of the earth is gone. people.com/dolly-parton...
Dolly Parton, Country Music Legend, Dies at 80, Just 4 Days After Saying, ‘I Still Have so Many Things I Want to Achieve’
Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80. The country music legend was known for songs including “Jolene,” “I Will Always Love You” and “9 to 5.” She also starred in movies like ‘Steel Magnolias’ and ‘T...
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In Turkey, a cat comes to an elderly man who earns his living by cleaning shoes at the same time every morning. He asks to have his fur brushed, and the man never refuses. Original post
Proud to edit a site where we ask the tough questions!! Great work by @chlopinions.bsky.social here
Why Didn't Peter O'Toole Make More Romantic Comedies? — Crooked Marquee
Peter O’Toole was an eight-time Oscar nominee and a stage legend. He did pretty well for himself, all things considered. Nevertheless, once you’ve seen him
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“Once you’ve seen him spend twenty minutes hiding in a closet with Audrey Hepburn,” @chlopinions.bsky.social writes of Peter O’Toole, “it still seems a shame that ‘How To Steal A Million’ – released sixty years ago this week – was his only traditional romantic comedy.”
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The dance scene from PICNIC (Joshua Logan, 1955). Just because. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEJp...
Picnic (1955) Dance Scene
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Strangers on a Train turns 75 today! To mark the occasion, I wrote about the abundant talents and tragically short career of Robert Walker (no relation) for the BFI: www.bfi.org.uk/features/fin...
Finest hours: Robert Walker as the charm-school sociopath in Strangers on a Train
As the friendly psycho who proposes a murder swap in Strangers on a Train, Robert Walker lodged his place in movie history just before his tragically early death. As Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thrille...
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To this day, I believe that Al Pacino's signature "HOO-ah!" was actually just him not knowing how to read the word "whoa"
“For a significant proportion of the 2010s, Matthias Schoenaerts appeared omnipresent, starring in a host of popular films across genres and languages, usually to critical acclaim,” @chlopinions.bsky.social writes. “What happened?”
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I'd like to think that we're the only site that ran a 50th anniversary appreciation of the batshit Rock Hudson sci-fi thriller EMBRYO, @chlopinions.bsky.social really cooked on this one crookedmarquee.com/on-the-stran...
On the Strange Poignancy of Embryo, Rock Hudson's Weirdest Movie — Crooked Marquee
On its fiftieth anniversary, we dive into the oddly poignant chaos that ensued that time Rock Hudson grew a lady in a lab.
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On its fiftieth anniversary, we dive into the oddly poignant chaos that ensued that time Rock Hudson grew a lady in a lab. A look back at “Embryo”:
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“It’s deeply daft, devoid of logic, full of cheesy tropes and ludicrous moments,” @chlopinions.bsky.social writes of ‘Embryo.’ “However, thanks to the performances of Hudson and Carrera, there’s a melancholy to the whole production that’s hard to shake off .” buff.ly/YX0RwL4
HBD Shirley MacLaine!! MCCT5: 5)Trouble w/Harry (Hitch) 4)Postcards from the Edge (Nichols) 3)Terms of Endearment (Brooks) 2)Being There (Ashby) 1)The Apartment (Wilder) More: @chlopinions.bsky.social: www.bfi.org.uk/lists/shirle... @uppcinema.bsky.social: uppcinema.com/shirley-macl...
Shirley MacLaine: Hollywood’s Last Great Star Re-evaluated - The Ultimate Picture Palace
Shirley MacLaine, who appears alongside Jack Lemmon and Double Indemnity’s Fred MacMurray in Billy Wilder’s brilliant 1960 bleak comedy The Apartment, which is screening at the UPP this month in a res...
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BOTD Rod Steiger!! MCCT5: 5)Heat of the Night (Jewison) 4)Hands over the City (Rosi) 3)Innocents w/Dirty Hands (Chabrol) 2)Pawnbroker (Lumet) 1)Waterfront (Kazan) More: Interview: brightlightsfilm.com/confessions-... @chlopinions.bsky.social: www.bfi.org.uk/lists/rod-st...
Rod Steiger: 10 essential films
One hundred years after he was born, we salute the fury and intensity of Rod Steiger’s presence on screen, from On the Waterfront to In the Heat of the Night.
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