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John Legend is coming to Broadway. He's written the songs for a musical adaptation of Douglas Sirk's 50s soap opera, "Imitation of Life." The great Lynn Nottage is writing the script from the original book and movie. Liesl Tommy, who directed the not great Aretha Franklin movie, "Respect," is dire
Looking for some free family fun this summer? The Tallgrass Film Association, with the Kansas African American Museum, Power CDC, and Evergy Community Investment Fund at the Wichita Community Foundation,
Beyonce and Zendaya are teaming up and heading to the big screen together with a remake of the 1959 film Imitation of Life.
5. Autumn Sonata (1978) Few films portray mother-daughter relationships as succinctly and realistically as Autumn Sonata. Bergman was the authority in portraying dysfunctional-families on screen. Many of his most famous films like Cries & Whispers, Fanny and Alexander, and Scenes from a Marriage are among the truest depictions of family life put on film. In a way, many of his films are the opposite of melodramatic. But it is possible for a film to be both jarringly real and melodramatic. It is rare and difficult for a film to achieve this, but Autumn Sonata does. It is the story of a motherтА...
Lana Turner: 10 essential films From The Postman Always Rings Twice to Imitation of Life... We celebrate the centenary of Hollywood icon Lana Turner with a look at her best movies. 8 February 2021 Lana Turner тАЬI want more!тАЭ Lana Turner spoke these words as aspiring actress Lora Meredith in Imitation of Life (1959), but they could have been uttered by almost any of her characters over her 4 decades in Hollywood. Turner played women who wanted things: money, status, a successful man. These desires often lead the women to unfortunate places тАУ mid-century Hollywood wasnтАЩt exactly encourag...