Tag: Sunset Boulevard
Death Becomes Her: The Ultimate Female Aging Commentary
In the early 90s, Hollywood was becoming more self-aware of its own ageism. Perhaps in a manner not seen since Billy Wilder’s groundbreaking 1950 film, [Read More…]
Celluloid Immortality Doesn’t Make A Slow Career Death Any Less Painful: Babylon
There is Old Hollywood and then there is Germinal Hollywood (“Silent Era” Hollywood, if you prefer). The latter has been less a fascination in the [Read More…]
The Star: Like Sunset Boulevard Had Norma Desmond Been Castrated By Financial Ruin
Like the cinematic, L.A.-oriented songs of Lana Del Rey alluding to portents of some cataclysmic fall (“Nobody warns you before the fall”), all of 1952’s [Read More…]
Yes, Just What the Screenwriter Needed–Another Dig At Their Insignificance
While there seems to be a premium on being hyper-sensitive toward offending others in the present climate of Hollywood, Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph seemed [Read More…]
Twisted Romance: The Best Movies About Love Gone Wrong Just in Time For Valentine’s Day
There’s a lot of fucked up romances in cinematic history, and in real life history, for that matter. But honing in on the most twisted [Read More…]
The Art of Contemplation: The Best of Voice-over in Film
Robert McKee in Adaptation (incidentally a film on this list) may have said, “And God help you if you use voice-over in your work, my [Read More…]
