Deborah Kerr

Bonjour Tristesse

The Most Habit Forming Nuns In Screen History

I won't be reading the comments on this one because I don't want to see all the cries of "You forgot about..." I forgot nothing. I know everything. These are my faves. Deal with it or go to hell.

Movie Stars Who Turned Down Legendary Roles

We all know about classic stuff like Cary Grant making sure they cast Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady instead of him, and Doris Day not tarnishing her image by doing The Graduate--a part that would have resulted in her still working today. But here are some other weird cinematic decisions, courtesy of ... More >>

Glenn Close: New Queen Of The Oscar Losers?

If the experts at GoldDerby.com (including me) are right, Glenn Close will tie Deborah Kerr and Thelma Ritter for the most losses in female-acting categories in Oscar history. They each have six nominations. Deborah was actually a bigger loser than Glenn because all six of her noms were for Best A ... More >>

Satirizing War in Technicolor: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

If the experts at GoldDerby.com (including me) are right, Glenn Close will tie Deborah Kerr and Thelma Ritter for the most losses in female-acting categories in Oscar history. They each have six nominations. Deborah was actually a bigger loser than Glenn because all six of her noms were for Best A ... More >>

Directors Revisit the Past in Anthology's 'Auto-Remakes' Series

If the experts at GoldDerby.com (including me) are right, Glenn Close will tie Deborah Kerr and Thelma Ritter for the most losses in female-acting categories in Oscar history. They each have six nominations. Deborah was actually a bigger loser than Glenn because all six of her noms were for Best A ... More >>

From Here to Eternity

If the experts at GoldDerby.com (including me) are right, Glenn Close will tie Deborah Kerr and Thelma Ritter for the most losses in female-acting categories in Oscar history. They each have six nominations. Deborah was actually a bigger loser than Glenn because all six of her noms were for Best A ... More >>

Andrew Sarris Harshes on 'Casino Royale' and 'Barefoot in the Park'

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. June 15, 1967, Vol. XII, No. 35 Films By Andrew Sarris "CASINO ROYALE" is said to be doing spectacular business despite moderately unfavorable reviews. Most of the proceedings were too esoteric for this reviewer. At times, it seemed th ... More >>

The Hottest Sex Scene in Screen History

​The horizontal mambo between Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie in the 1973 thriller Don't Look Now was so vivid that whispers got out claiming the two had really done the deed onscreen! On hearing this rumor, Julie's main squeeze, Warren Beatty, ran to the set to demand they cut the footag ... More >>

Welcome to Baz Luhrmann's Australia

Somewhere over the dateline, the not-quite-marvelous land of Oz

Will Rihanna Go Hollywood?

Uptown Saturday nights are more fabulous all the time. Meanwhile, back at the Tonys . . .

Theatrical Lizardry

Albee's Seascape: Four sublime performers make it more than a simple day at the beach

Resurrecting an Unsung Horror Gem

Albee's Seascape: Four sublime performers make it more than a simple day at the beach

The Fable Guy

Reassessing an English visionary's symphonic formalism

I Heart NY; I Hate NY

Five movies that make us remember why we love the Big Apple

Sleep on the Couch Tonight, Darling

Five movies that make us remember why we love the Big Apple

Fifty Years Later, an All-star Service Drama Still Makes Waves

Five movies that make us remember why we love the Big Apple

Smitten Scribes and Wayward Women Conduct Affairs to Remember

Five movies that make us remember why we love the Big Apple

That's the Spirit

Five movies that make us remember why we love the Big Apple

That's the Spirit

Five movies that make us remember why we love the Big Apple

The Dispossessed

Five movies that make us remember why we love the Big Apple

Idol Speculation

Notes on Hypothetical Hollywood