Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig are in good company: Other Oscar snubs
Susan King revisits the Oscar snubs of Bette Davis for Best Actress in 1935 and Barbra Streisand for Best Director in 1992.
Source: goldderby.com
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Terror at the Academy Awards: 25 Oscar Winning Horror Movies
Horror movies haven't truly gotten their due as a genre during awards season, but a surprising number of horror films have won Oscars.
Source: fangoria.com
5 things to watch this weekend – 30 June to 2 July
First up: the dangerous suburban fable that beat Lynch to it...
Source: bfi.org.uk
Unpredictable Crime Drama 'Rio' Is Glamorous and Treacherous
Rio belongs to no single genre but exists in its own world of Hollywood tomfoolery while reflecting the unsettled zeitgeist of a non-American world that’s glamorous and treacherous.
Source: popmatters.com
Book review: The history of Hollywood, from silent film to streaming
"Film historian Basinger and ‘chronicler of Hollywood lore’ Wasson’s book comes in at over 700 pages, the oral history featuring hundreds of well-known names..."
Source: irishexaminer.com
Hitchcock to Meryl Streep: The Hollywood history that's full of juicy tales
Hollywood: The Oral History doesn’t quite live up to its billing, but is often illuminating, consistently interesting and frequently entertaining.
Source: theage.com.au
Vanity Fair Gives Us A Brief History of Oscar Scandals
From Andrea Riseborough to Bette Davis, heres your guide to some of the most infamous #Oscar campaign scandals: https://t.co/MS1qxXhauJ VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) February 1, 2023 1930 - Mary Pickford’s tea party - At the second ever Oscars award ceremony, Mary Pickford’s first…
Source: livejournal.com
Wesleyan prof Jeanine Basinger, alum Sam Wasson take on myths of Hollywood through thousands of interviews
"Hollywood: The Oral History" by Wesleyan Prof. Jeanine Basinger and Wesleyan alum Sam Wasson, is a chronicle of the film industry from the early silent era to the present day.
Source: courant.com
10 Notorious Film Sets That Injured, Maimed And Killed
Although we all love our fair share of on-screen romance, action, and comedy, it's not often that we learn about life on the production side of things.
Source: listverse.com
'A Midsummer Night's Dream' from 1935: Classical Arts Come to Hollywood
Without losing its meaning or flavor, the film contains the standards required by the Code, including the sanctity of marriage and the modesty of the nymphs.
Source: theepochtimes.com