Many hands touched the screenplay, including this lady's: After reading Leigh Brackett's first novel, the hard-boiled detective story No Good from a Corpse, director Howard Hawks called her agent to … [Read more...]
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Not even the people filming ‘The Big Sleep’ (1946) understood what it was about
Classic Film Preview: Director Howard Hawks phoned Chandler long distance during the film’s production because he couldn’t figure out who murdered the man who was dumped in the ocean along with his car. According … [Read more...]
The NYT will close its doors for good within the next ten years: Part XVII
David Brooks, wtf? The feminine ideal in … [Read more...]
Ok, I’ll play along. It’s Friday etc
I sometimes forget that not everybody a) grew up a block away from a rep cinema and b) had Elwy Yost and [Read more...]
Every once in a while, someone will say to me…
"Kathy, you should be writing for XYZ Famous Media Outlet!" I thank them kindly, then patiently explain that I'm actually forbidden by the nation's Media Nepotism Laws from writing for any "real" Canadian publication, because my last name isn't "Richler", "Trudeau", "Mulroney" or "Fulford." … [Read more...]