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20th Century history Actors Movies Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

"Seconds" and the semiotics of Rock Hudson

Seconds was not a hit when it was first released in the fall of 1966,…

Glenn KennyAugust 7, 2013

20th Century history Americana Auteurs Great Art Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

The staggering modernity of "Intolerance"

Mae Marsh loses focus near the end of Intolerance (n.b., this screen capture is not…

Glenn KennyAugust 1, 2013

20th Century history Auteurs Books Great Art Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

"Orson Welles And Roger Hill: A Friendship In Three Acts," by Todd Tarbox

I am grateful to the critic and scholar Jonathan Rosenbaum for a good many reasons,…

Glenn KennyJuly 31, 2013

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Bugs Bunny cuts Florida loose

Hat tip: Harry Allen.

Glenn KennyJuly 15, 2013

20th Century history Music Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

My direct experience of progressive rock

I hesitate to publicly take issue with Rob Sheffield for several reasons. First off, I…

Glenn KennyJune 3, 2013

20th Century history Actors Sex in cinema Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

"Real" orgasms

I. I sometimes wonder the extent to which the much-celebrated Katz's Deli "I'll have what…

Glenn KennyMay 30, 2013

20th Century history Great Art Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

It was 45 years ago today...

My old friend Joseph Failla emails: "With all the distractions you have with assignments and…

Glenn KennyApril 3, 2013

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Stay sick!

My old buddy and Cleveland rocker par excellence, Mr. John Petkovic, has, for his day…

Glenn KennyJanuary 12, 2013

20th Century history Affinities Criticism Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

Riefenstahl/Sontag/Nabokov/Monty Python

Adolf Hitler in Triumph des Willens (Triumph of the Will), Leni Riefenstahl, 1934. "Triumph of…

Glenn KennyJanuary 6, 2013

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Five frames from "Targets," Peter Bogdanovich, 1968, interpolating one frame from "The Terror," Roger Corman et alia, 1963

With Boris Karloff and Tim O'Kelly. See also here.

Glenn KennyJuly 21, 2012

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