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Charles Laughton

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Two Legendary Stars Were Hot For Cocky Doody

    If you're reading this in the bathroom, stay there--it'll have that much more relevance. In Full Service--the tell-all book by old-time Hollywood hustler/pimp Scott Bowers--the esteemed Mr. Bowels, I mean Bowers, talks about at least two old-time movie stars who thought a number two was a perfect ... More >>

  • Film

    April 4, 2012

    Ruggles of Red Gap

    If you're reading this in the bathroom, stay there--it'll have that much more relevance. In Full Service--the tell-all book by old-time Hollywood hustler/pimp Scott Bowers--the esteemed Mr. Bowels, I mean Bowers, talks about at least two old-time movie stars who thought a number two was a perfect ... More >>

  • Theater

    February 29, 2012

    Galileo: Star Witness

    F. Murray Abraham embodies Brecht's complex, compromising hero at CSC

  • Voice Choices

    November 23, 2011

    Tori Amos

    F. Murray Abraham embodies Brecht's complex, compromising hero at CSC

  • Voice Choices

    September 28, 2011

    Island of Lost Souls

    F. Murray Abraham embodies Brecht's complex, compromising hero at CSC

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2011

    Bogart, Tracy, and Laughton Used Hustlers

    ​Our friends at lemonwade.com have discovered that a book will come out next Valentine's Day by an ex marine named Scotty who ran a Richfield gas station in the glory (hole) days, where huge movie stars "got more than their mufflers serviced." These luminous icons would come to get pumped by ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2011

    Charlie Chaplin Classes Up the 1972 Oscars Ceremony

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. April 20, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 16 films in focus By Andrew Sarris The 44th annual festivities of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences began with a whimper and ended with a bang, demonstrating that, among other things, Oscar ... More >>

  • Film

    November 24, 2010

    Lillian Gish: 20th-Century Vox

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. April 20, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 16 films in focus By Andrew Sarris The 44th annual festivities of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences began with a whimper and ended with a bang, demonstrating that, among other things, Oscar ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 3, 2010

    The Night of the Hunter

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. April 20, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 16 films in focus By Andrew Sarris The 44th annual festivities of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences began with a whimper and ended with a bang, demonstrating that, among other things, Oscar ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 13, 2010

    The Big Clock

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. April 20, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 16 films in focus By Andrew Sarris The 44th annual festivities of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences began with a whimper and ended with a bang, demonstrating that, among other things, Oscar ... More >>

  • Film

    December 1, 2009

    'James Whale Festival' at Film Forum

    From Frankenstein's lab to Robeson's river

  • Film

    October 20, 2009

    Peter Greenaway Is on Rembrandt's J'accuse

    From Frankenstein's lab to Robeson's river

  • Voice Choices

    February 18, 2009

    Night of the Hunter

    From Frankenstein's lab to Robeson's river

  • Voice Choices

    September 3, 2008

    Pan's Labyrinth

    From Frankenstein's lab to Robeson's river

  • Film

    July 16, 2008
  • Film

    December 19, 2006

    Magic Touch

    Fantastical meets political in this stunning for-adults-only fairy tale

  • Film

    September 26, 2006

    Otto Focus

    The varied provocations of a mainstream auteur

  • Film

    June 14, 2005

    Not Yet Rated

    Sly stalwarts, newly uncovered rarities in pre-Code series

  • Screens

    March 1, 2005

    screens

    Sly stalwarts, newly uncovered rarities in pre-Code series

  • Film

    December 28, 2004

    Noir Genius Exam

    Sly stalwarts, newly uncovered rarities in pre-Code series

  • Film

    September 30, 2003

    Film

    Sly stalwarts, newly uncovered rarities in pre-Code series

  • NYC Life

    May 13, 2003

    Film

    Sly stalwarts, newly uncovered rarities in pre-Code series

  • Film

    May 6, 2003

    Where All the Lights Are Bright

    Gangster Lore, Geriatric Shagging, Global Strife, and Garage Bands

  • NYC Life

    April 29, 2003

    Listings

    Gangster Lore, Geriatric Shagging, Global Strife, and Garage Bands

  • News

    April 15, 2003

    The Heart of the Matter

    A Former Internet Pen Pal's Mixed Feelings About Russell Harding

  • Film

    April 30, 2002

    Phantom Ladies

    A Former Internet Pen Pal's Mixed Feelings About Russell Harding

  • Film

    April 9, 2002

    Rubble Indemnities

    A Former Internet Pen Pal's Mixed Feelings About Russell Harding

  • Film

    October 23, 2001

    Houses of the Unholy

    A Former Internet Pen Pal's Mixed Feelings About Russell Harding

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