“As a child, I remember watching [The African Queen] and knowing from the images that they actually went there. This is an ongoing theme in this book, which reflects a moment in film history…
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10 Forgotten Stars of The Hollywood Walk of Fame, Vol. 2
“For every cinema legend there are so many dozens whose once brilliant place in Hollywood’s fickle firmament has dulled or completely disappeared.”
Quote of the Day: John Waters on Depressing Films
“…I love a feel-bad movie…” Legendary director John Waters, whose new book Carsick chronicles his adventure hitchhiking across America, shared this priceless quote with Entertainment Weekly when asked to name a favorite underrated…
11 Performances that Should Have Won Oscars, John Richkus
I’ve always been a list maker. And because I’m a dyed-in-the-wool cineaste I’ve got movie lists up the wazoo. I’ve seen over 3,800 films and have them all listed in alphabetical order with the…
1950s Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel Map of Los Angeles
One of the great things about Stargayzing and devoted readership is having an engaged audience when I do my spring cleaning. I found this 1950s pamphlet from the still operating Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel while cleaning…
Movie Quote of the Day: Nora Ephron
“People who look at these action movies and complain that the plots make no sense are completely missing the point, because they don’t have to make sense. They’re not made for people who care…
A Letter From Film Scholar Leonard Maltin Regarding His Fanzine Film Fan Monthly
Recently I was rummaging through an old book store on 9th avenue and I happened upon an issue of Film Fan Monthly, an intriguing fanzine dating from January 1969 with Laurel and Hardy on the cover. It…
Martin Scorcese on Movie Palaces: Stargayzing Quote of the Day:
“When I was a child there was a promise of wonder in the movie theater experience. The nicest theaters were spectacles themselves and the screens were huge. This is something that has been lost…
“To Cher, Love David”: A Letter Never Sent
In 1986 and 1987, I worked on the Martin Ritt film Nuts at Warner Bros. in Burbank. It was my first job out of film school and I was in a happy state of…
Notes From the West Coast: Can Anyone Identify the Actors in This Bad Mural?
I was going through some old photos and happened upon this selfie from a 2012 trip to Los Angeles. I love the murals that pay tribute to the city’s rich cinematic history, peppering…
Who Slipped Mark Ruffalo a “Rufi” Before His EW Interview Promoting The Normal Heart?
“[AIDS is] as cool as the hippies; it’s as cool as the civil rights movement.” Like so many people, I’m thrilled that Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart has finally gotten made (Ryan Murphy’s film…
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