Eric Rohmer, 1920-2010
"My films, you say, are literary: The things I say could be said in a…
Glenn KennyJanuary 11, 2010
Stang studies
Taking off from my brief appreciation of the late Arnold Stang back in December, my…
Glenn KennyJanuary 5, 2010
Arnold
Here as Sparrow in Preminger's 1955 The Man With The Golden Arm, with Mr. Frank…
Glenn KennyDecember 22, 2009
Holiday classic!
In a homage to the seasonal repeats of the likes of Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer…
Glenn KennyDecember 22, 2009
Robin Wood, 1931-2009
Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit.Even on the occasions when he was wrong, he was…
Glenn KennyDecember 18, 2009
The O'Bannon Effect
Not Dan O'Bannon.That one can have a hand in both one of the greatest of…
Glenn KennyDecember 18, 2009
Phylis Lee Isley, 1919-2009
David O. Selznick gave the Tulsa ingenue the name Jennifer Jones, and thereafter compelled her…
Glenn KennyDecember 18, 2009
His hair was perfect...
Were we just talking about the fact that every film critic has a blind spot…
Glenn KennyDecember 1, 2009
Edward Woodward, 1930-2009
I hope I'm not sounding like I'm damning with faint praise when I point out…
Glenn KennyNovember 16, 2009
To Suzanne Fiol
Dear Suzy,I guess that probably most of the people who read this blog aren't aware…
Glenn KennyOctober 5, 2009