Rock Hudson was a leading man until the end of his long career, escorting Hollywood and international stars, as he did with Elizabeth Taylor in The mirror crack’d. A classic film star whose legacy should be celebrated.
November 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Rock Hudson was a leading man until the end of his long career, escorting Hollywood and international stars, as he did with Elizabeth Taylor in The mirror crack’d. A classic film star whose legacy should be celebrated.
Seconds might be Rock Hudson’s best dramatic performance. He crudely conveyed excitement, exuberance (the orgiastic wine-pressing scene, the drunken house party), bitter dissapointment (his scene with his “widow” is top-shelf acting) and fear, far from his charming persona.
November 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Seconds might be Rock Hudson’s best dramatic performance. He crudely conveyed excitement, exuberance (the orgiastic wine-pressing scene, the drunken house party), bitter dissapointment (his scene with his “widow” is top-shelf acting) and fear, far from his charming persona.
I first saw Rock Hudson in Come September and found him a very good comedian, effortlessly sympathetic and with great timing. His dance scene with Gina Lollobrigida is hilarious. Star quality.
November 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I first saw Rock Hudson in Come September and found him a very good comedian, effortlessly sympathetic and with great timing. His dance scene with Gina Lollobrigida is hilarious. Star quality.
Rock Hudson’s charm was at its peak in Pillow talk: killer looks, effortless sex-appeal, perfect timing, his chemistry with Doris Day lighten up the screen and redifined sex-war comedies.
November 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Rock Hudson’s charm was at its peak in Pillow talk: killer looks, effortless sex-appeal, perfect timing, his chemistry with Doris Day lighten up the screen and redifined sex-war comedies.
From young, proud Texas cattle rancher, to weary, desillusioned family man, Rock Hudson nailed every segment of his character’s wide dramatic arch in Giant. His performance suited the epic dimension of the drama.
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
From young, proud Texas cattle rancher, to weary, desillusioned family man, Rock Hudson nailed every segment of his character’s wide dramatic arch in Giant. His performance suited the epic dimension of the drama.
Rock Hudson toned down his charm to play the embittered geologist, hopelessly in love with his best friend’s wife, in Written on the wind. He was great at conveying anger, despair and jealousy.
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Rock Hudson toned down his charm to play the embittered geologist, hopelessly in love with his best friend’s wife, in Written on the wind. He was great at conveying anger, despair and jealousy.
Ron Kirby was great as the kind, down to earth arborist in love with a suburban New England widow in Douglas Sirk’s masterpiece All that heaven allows. His love for simple life felt very organic.
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Ron Kirby was great as the kind, down to earth arborist in love with a suburban New England widow in Douglas Sirk’s masterpiece All that heaven allows. His love for simple life felt very organic.
Happy Rock Hudson centennial!!! Be it as an action hero in westerns/adventure, tortured leading man in melodramas or light comedían in romantic comedies, he was a much better actor than given credit for. Charm was his most distinctive asset since early vehicles like Sea devils.
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Happy Rock Hudson centennial!!! Be it as an action hero in westerns/adventure, tortured leading man in melodramas or light comedían in romantic comedies, he was a much better actor than given credit for. Charm was his most distinctive asset since early vehicles like Sea devils.
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai. An acting titan who graced the screen in several masterpieces throughout his long and illustrious career. His juvenile devotion for a nightclub owner, so delicately portrayed, is one of the reasons why I love When a woman ascends the stairs.
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai. An acting titan who graced the screen in several masterpieces throughout his long and illustrious career. His juvenile devotion for a nightclub owner, so delicately portrayed, is one of the reasons why I love When a woman ascends the stairs.
Happy John Guillermin centennial! His lavish adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile is one of the most enjoyable films I’ve seen, my sort of “comfort movie”. The cast and the production values are top-notch and the mystery is so pleasantly involving.
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Happy John Guillermin centennial! His lavish adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile is one of the most enjoyable films I’ve seen, my sort of “comfort movie”. The cast and the production values are top-notch and the mystery is so pleasantly involving.
Where eagles dare is my favorite of Richard Burton’s several WWII films. Playfully adventurous, he seemed to be enjoying his heroic turn as the Major in charge of a suicide mission. An actor for the ages.
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Where eagles dare is my favorite of Richard Burton’s several WWII films. Playfully adventurous, he seemed to be enjoying his heroic turn as the Major in charge of a suicide mission. An actor for the ages.
Crude, violent, boozy, Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf? felt like and emotional strip-tease by Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. A brave, fascinating dissection of marital life at its most toxic.
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Crude, violent, boozy, Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf? felt like and emotional strip-tease by Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. A brave, fascinating dissection of marital life at its most toxic.
My favorite Richard Burton performance is the unglamorous spy in The spy who came in from the cold. From bitter, disillusioned ego-maniac to desperately heroic lover, he nailed every segment of his character’s wide dramatic arch.
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My favorite Richard Burton performance is the unglamorous spy in The spy who came in from the cold. From bitter, disillusioned ego-maniac to desperately heroic lover, he nailed every segment of his character’s wide dramatic arch.
I guess The Sandpiper qualifies as guilty pleasure so I plead guilty of charge. Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor at the height of their love affair and star power are simply irresistible.
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I guess The Sandpiper qualifies as guilty pleasure so I plead guilty of charge. Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor at the height of their love affair and star power are simply irresistible.
Vulnerable, beaten down, degraded, Richard Burton was great as the drunk reverend in The night of the iguana. He excelled at depicting vulnerability, constantly on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Vulnerable, beaten down, degraded, Richard Burton was great as the drunk reverend in The night of the iguana. He excelled at depicting vulnerability, constantly on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
Richard Burton’s distinctive gaze didn’t just channel tempestuousness, but also deep spirituality. He was great at embodying his character’s moral dilemmas in Becket.
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Richard Burton’s distinctive gaze didn’t just channel tempestuousness, but also deep spirituality. He was great at embodying his character’s moral dilemmas in Becket.
Richard Burton had a rather erratic filmography, but his talent and intense personality found its way, no matter how conventional the film. For example, his scene with Maggie Smith is what I love the most about The V.I.P.s
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Richard Burton had a rather erratic filmography, but his talent and intense personality found its way, no matter how conventional the film. For example, his scene with Maggie Smith is what I love the most about The V.I.P.s
Happy Richard Burton centennial!!! He could be elegant or vulgar, arrogant or beaten-down, cerebral or passional, but always mesmerizing. Look back in anger was a cultural watershed, and Burton’s portrait of an “angry young man” prefectly captured the spirit of the moment.
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Happy Richard Burton centennial!!! He could be elegant or vulgar, arrogant or beaten-down, cerebral or passional, but always mesmerizing. Look back in anger was a cultural watershed, and Burton’s portrait of an “angry young man” prefectly captured the spirit of the moment.
RIP Pauline Collins. A lovely actress, whose sparkling eyes and expansive personality bewitch me everytime I see her, be it as the housewife looking for adventure in Shirley Valentine, or in supporting roles in films such as Your will meet a tall dark stranger or Quartet. She will be missed.
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
RIP Pauline Collins. A lovely actress, whose sparkling eyes and expansive personality bewitch me everytime I see her, be it as the housewife looking for adventure in Shirley Valentine, or in supporting roles in films such as Your will meet a tall dark stranger or Quartet. She will be missed.
Michel Bouquet’s late career brought historical characters such as painter Lubin Baugin in Tous les matins du monde, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, François Miterrand or Pierre-Auguste Renoir. A long, illustrious resume for one of French cinema’s greatest actors.
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Michel Bouquet’s late career brought historical characters such as painter Lubin Baugin in Tous les matins du monde, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, François Miterrand or Pierre-Auguste Renoir. A long, illustrious resume for one of French cinema’s greatest actors.
Michel Bouquet could also portray perversion, as in Chabrol’s Poulet au vinaigre. A character actor in the best French tradition.
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Michel Bouquet could also portray perversion, as in Chabrol’s Poulet au vinaigre. A character actor in the best French tradition.
I’ve yet to see a better portrait of the burden of guilt in a man’s everyday life than Michel Bouquet’s in Juste avant le nuit. His exquisitely nuanced, elegantly restrained depiction of his character’s progressive breakdown is flawless.
November 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I’ve yet to see a better portrait of the burden of guilt in a man’s everyday life than Michel Bouquet’s in Juste avant le nuit. His exquisitely nuanced, elegantly restrained depiction of his character’s progressive breakdown is flawless.
In La rupture, Michel Bouquet was the quintessential bourgeois villain, a cold hearted father willing to pay to get rid of her “inconvenient” daughter in law.
November 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
In La rupture, Michel Bouquet was the quintessential bourgeois villain, a cold hearted father willing to pay to get rid of her “inconvenient” daughter in law.
Happy Michel Bouquet centennial! He was a great, elegant actor who incarnated French bourgeoisie’s vices and virtues under such masters as Chabrol and Truffaut. He was perfect as the middle-age man torn between jealousy/guilt and his bourgeoisie ways/morals in La femme infidèle.
November 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Happy Michel Bouquet centennial! He was a great, elegant actor who incarnated French bourgeoisie’s vices and virtues under such masters as Chabrol and Truffaut. He was perfect as the middle-age man torn between jealousy/guilt and his bourgeoisie ways/morals in La femme infidèle.
RIP Diane Ladd. I first saw her in a brief but memorable scene in Chinatown and have been under her spell ever since. From Polanski and Scorsese to Lynch, she left a mark of elegant beauty and strenght. A class act.
November 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
RIP Diane Ladd. I first saw her in a brief but memorable scene in Chinatown and have been under her spell ever since. From Polanski and Scorsese to Lynch, she left a mark of elegant beauty and strenght. A class act.