Posts Tagged ‘Marilyn Monroe’
Film Review – Blonde
There are moments in Blonde (2022) where Ana de Armas so closely resembles Marilyn Monroe that I had trouble distinguishing between the two. She so fully inhabits the legendary star that it is uncanny. de Armas is the anchor of writer/director Andrew Dominik’s impressionistic biopic. Based on Joyce Carol Oates’ novel, the film…
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Film Review – The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes
There was a time – not too long ago – when she was the most famous person on the planet. But behind the platinum blonde hair, golden smile, and superstar persona was a troubled person. The images we remember of Marilyn Monroe are of the glitz and…
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SIFF Film Review – Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean
James Dean was strongly rumored to have been gay or at least bi-sexual. Generations of film students have read much into Dean’s relationship with Sal Mineo in Rebel Without a Cause. Along with Marilyn Monroe, James Dean has always been one of the stylish gay…
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Film Review – My Week with Marilyn
Marilyn Monroe has been a mystery for me—mainly, what it was that made her leave such an impact on film. I have only seen two of her movies, The Seven Year Itch and Some Like it Hot, and in both she seems to be just…
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Noir City at SIFF – Don’t Bother to Knock
Tonight’s Noir City line-up at SIFF Cinema features a film that contains one of the best performances of Marilyn Monroe’s career. I believe that Monroe was a much finer actress than she is often given credit for, with her sex symbol image and tragic death…
READ MOREAn Appreciation – Some Like it Hot
Billy Wilder’s screwball classic Some Like it Hot (1959) left such an impression on me that I can still remember the exact time and place where I first watched it. I was eighteen years old, attending my first year of college. In the main student…
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