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Marlon Brando

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Favorite Male Actors Of All Time

    I was stunned to find this list posted on imdb.com. But bear in mind I think it was put up there by a single feisty human, and also "favorite" implies a personal like for someone as opposed to a definite feeling that they're masterfully talented.

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    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 >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 29, 2012

    CAMERA GALELLA

    The life of the original paparazzo

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    Americans Are Cool, Says World's Coolest Poll

    Just a couple of Cool-mericans.​Have you heard of Badoo? It's "the world's largest social network," and though we don't talk about it too terribly much in America, because we are too cool for such things, it is talking about us! According to a recent online poll on Badoo.com, in which 30,000 p ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    August 17, 2011

    MAN OF THE HOUSE

    Brando shows who’s the real boss

  • Voice Choices

    June 1, 2011

    Last Tango in Paris

    Brando shows who’s the real boss

  • Film

    May 18, 2011

    The Queen Is Dead: Long Live Liz Taylor

    Brando shows who’s the real boss

  • Voice Choices

    May 11, 2011

    Reflections in a Golden Eye

    Brando shows who’s the real boss

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    When the Burtons and Brando and Malcolm McDowell Blew Through Town

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. June 21, 1973, Vol. XVIII, No. 25 Hype! Hype! Hooray! by Arthur Bell A heat wave blew into town last week. So did Merle Oberon, Malcolm McDowell, the Burtons, Ron O'Neal, Alice Cooper, Marlon Brando, withered endives, chopped liver fro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2011

    Marlon Brando's Stink-Bomb at the 1973 Oscars

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. April 5, 1973, Vol. XVIII, No. 14 films in focus by Andrew Sarris OSCAR WILES (IX): In all the years I have been covering Oscar orgies for The Village Voice, I have never known a single incident to dominate with such paralyzing irrele ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    'Last Tango in Paris' and 'Deep Throat' Signal End of the World

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. February 22, 1973, Vol. XVIII, No. 8 Cock-tale parties on the East Side by Andrew Sarris Scorpio would never have made the connection if he had not been partying all week up and down the East Side Gold Coast where, as it so happens, "T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    'The Godfather': An Intellectual's Daydream About Revenge Without Remorse

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. March 16, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 11 films in focus By Andrew Sarris It seems that the first question everyone asks about "THE GODFATHER" is concerned with Marlon Brando's interpretation of the title role. That is the way the movie has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    The Worst Oscar Speeches In History

    ​Something about copping an Oscar often brings out the worst in people--phoniness, fake humility, excessive blubbering, and total inarticulation. As we hold our collective breaths for February 27, here are the absolute worstest so far:

  • Voice Choices

    December 29, 2010

    Last Tango in Paris

    ​Something about copping an Oscar often brings out the worst in people--phoniness, fake humility, excessive blubbering, and total inarticulation. As we hold our collective breaths for February 27, here are the absolute worstest so far:

  • Film

    December 1, 2010

    What to Buy the Movie Buff Who Has Everything?

    ​Something about copping an Oscar often brings out the worst in people--phoniness, fake humility, excessive blubbering, and total inarticulation. As we hold our collective breaths for February 27, here are the absolute worstest so far:

  • Film

    October 13, 2010

    Saint Clint's Hereafter Meets Timothy Carey's Greatest Sinner

    ​Something about copping an Oscar often brings out the worst in people--phoniness, fake humility, excessive blubbering, and total inarticulation. As we hold our collective breaths for February 27, here are the absolute worstest so far:

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2010

    The Day Brando Talked to His Penis

    ​Marlon Brando's first movie after The Godfather was Bernardo Bertolucci's artsy sexual romp Last Tango in Paris, but it wasn't all smooth, sexy sailing. One day, when Marlon was shooting in the nude, he had to give his noodle an offer it unfortunately refused. As the acting legend wrote in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    When Magnani Pounced on Brando: The Original Cougar

    ​In Marlon Brando's 1994 memoir Songs My Mother Taught Me, the great actor remembers the time lusty force of nature Anna Magnani decided to go in for the kill. "Without any encouragement from me," relates Brando, "she started kissing me with great passion.

  • Theater

    June 29, 2010

    In The Grand Manner, A.R. Gurney Looks Back at Broadway's Past, and His Own

    Lincoln Center mounts a story of stagestruck youth

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    Jim Morrison Hottest Thing Since Dean and Brando

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. December 14, 1967, Vol. XIII, No. 9 Scenes by Howard Smith THERE REALLY hasn't been a major male sex symbol since James Dean died and Marlon Brando got a paunch. Dylan is more of a cerebral heart throb and the Beatles have always been ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 13, 2009

    A Streetcar Named Desire

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. December 14, 1967, Vol. XIII, No. 9 Scenes by Howard Smith THERE REALLY hasn't been a major male sex symbol since James Dean died and Marlon Brando got a paunch. Dylan is more of a cerebral heart throb and the Beatles have always been ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    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 >>

  • Voice Choices

    July 28, 2009

    The Godfather

    ​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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    Craig Bierko Is Hot!

    The charming Craig Bierko is appearing on Broadway in the Marlon Brando role in Guys and Dolls, though he sardonically told me he's playing the role more like Shirley Jones. In the column this week [CLICK HERE], Bierko also talks about how he passed on the role of Chandler in Friends, which went ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2009

    Quick Hits

    Bartender Leo Cook of Bloomington, Indiana has won T.G.I. Friday's Utimate Beverage competition with his "Vanilla Lemon Ice," which will be served at Friday's restaurants starting today. The drink comprises Smirnoff Vanilla Vodka, triple sec, lemonade and Sprite. Bring the kids! A young Harlem moth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2008

    Some Like It Tony Curtis!

    Bartender Leo Cook of Bloomington, Indiana has won T.G.I. Friday's Utimate Beverage competition with his "Vanilla Lemon Ice," which will be served at Friday's restaurants starting today. The drink comprises Smirnoff Vanilla Vodka, triple sec, lemonade and Sprite. Bring the kids! A young Harlem moth ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 3, 2008

    FAMILY BUSINESS

    Francis Ford Coppola restores two of his classics

  • Voice Choices

    August 19, 2008

    PASS THE BUTTER

    Bertolucci’s steamy film gets adapted for the stage

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2008

    Clip Job: Some Observations on Hollywood

    Bertolucci’s steamy film gets adapted for the stage

  • Screens

    August 15, 2006

    Rack Focus

    Bertolucci’s steamy film gets adapted for the stage

  • NYC Life

    June 20, 2006

    Still On the Waterfront

    Long plagued by Johnny Friendlys, dockworkers fight to take back a mob-infested union

  • Screens

    May 16, 2006

    Rack Focus

    Long plagued by Johnny Friendlys, dockworkers fight to take back a mob-infested union

  • Screens

    April 25, 2006

    Rack Focus

    Long plagued by Johnny Friendlys, dockworkers fight to take back a mob-infested union

  • Columns

    January 24, 2006

    NY Mirror

    Long plagued by Johnny Friendlys, dockworkers fight to take back a mob-infested union

  • Specials

    October 18, 2005

    1972

    Long plagued by Johnny Friendlys, dockworkers fight to take back a mob-infested union

  • Books

    August 16, 2005

    Liar's Poker: Brando Bluffs His Way Onto Bookshelves

    Long plagued by Johnny Friendlys, dockworkers fight to take back a mob-infested union

  • Screens

    May 31, 2005

    Brando Flicks From Pre-Reagan Salad Days

    Long plagued by Johnny Friendlys, dockworkers fight to take back a mob-infested union

  • Film

    October 26, 2004

    Still a Contender

    Guilt, self-justification, and Brando's career performance in Kazan's 50-year-old classic

  • Film

    September 14, 2004

    Film

    Guilt, self-justification, and Brando's career performance in Kazan's 50-year-old classic

  • News

    September 7, 2004

    Screen Siege

    Cinematic campaigning: This fall, filmmakers assault the status quo at a theater near you

  • Specials

    July 13, 2004

    Letters

    Cinematic campaigning: This fall, filmmakers assault the status quo at a theater near you

  • Film

    June 29, 2004

    Marlon Brando 1924–2004

    How the original Method man changed the nature of screen acting and shaped the national self-image

  • Film

    June 1, 2004

    A Fan Who Wasn't There Remembers Broadway's Good Old Days

    How the original Method man changed the nature of screen acting and shaped the national self-image

  • News

    March 9, 2004

    Performance Anxiety

    Paul Bettany explains the method in his director-tormentor's madness

  • News

    March 25, 2003

    When Doves Cry

    Oscar Declares War on the War

  • Film

    July 31, 2001

    Fear Eats the Soul

    Oscar Declares War on the War

  • Film

    July 10, 2001

    Raise the Spoof

    Oscar Declares War on the War

  • NYC Life

    May 29, 2001

    Film

    Cinema Alfresco

  • Film

    February 8, 2000

    Knockouts

    Docs and Female Jocks in the Ring at Sundance

  • Film

    February 23, 1999

    'The Films of Gillo Pontecorvo'

    Docs and Female Jocks in the Ring at Sundance

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