“Rankin / Bass’s The Thing”
Trailer for Rankin / Bass’s The Thing. (Also, please enjoy The Thing re-enacted with G.I. Joe action figures).
RIP, Al Goldstein
Publisher of Screw magazine and pornography and free speech advocate Al Goldstein has died. The Guardian, The Village Voice, The New York Times and The Miami Herald have obituaries. And here’s a blog dedicated to the appreciation of Screw magazine’s cover art (NSFW & warning: possible triggers).
RIP, Tom Laughlin
Actor/writer/director/producer Tom Laughlin has died. Laughlin is best known for his Billy Jack series of films. The New York Times and The LA Times have obituaries. NPR remembers Laughlin. Here’s a promotional short from Warner Bros. featuring a demonstration from Master Bong Soo Han. And Laughlin talks about […]
RIP, Joan Fontaine
Joan Fontaine has died. The Hollywood Reporter, The New York Times and NPR have obituaries. Here are a clip of Fontaine in Suspicion, the trailer for Jane Eyre and Fontaine’s screen test for Rebecca. Fontaine co-hosts the Mike Douglas Show in 1967 here.
RIP, Peter O’Toole
Actor Peter O’Toole has died. NPR remembers O’Toole. The Guardian, The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times have obituaries. Here is O’Toole on the Charley Rose program, in My Favorite Year, in Lawrence of Arabia and singing with Richard Harris.
“Representation of Women in India Cinema and Beyond”
Text of Sharmila Tagore’s lecture on women and Indian cinema at the India International Centre. (via Memsaab Story)
The Cultural Gutter 