A rare Spanish entry in the giallo genre, Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll (1973) begins with a drifter ex-con finding work at the remote mountain estate of three very different, yet equally eccentric sisters. Then the dead bodies start piling up around town. Beautiful, blue-eyed village women are being murdered, their eyeballs carved out … Continue reading Giallogy: Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll
Month: February 2024
Cleaning out the Archives
This is Yvette, the trusted maid here at the Starfire Lounge. She’s busy cleaning out the massive backlog of draft posts that have accumulated deep in the archives. By the way, that’s Yvette’s own outfit. Back when we hired her, we said jeans and a t-shirt would be just fine. She’s a real French minx … Continue reading Cleaning out the Archives
Happy Valentine’s Day
The spiciest holiday deserves a spicy post. Happy V-Day, from the Starfire Lounge.
Michelle Monday
The mesmerizing Michelle Pfeiffer, photographed* at the premiere for Sinbad: Legend Of The Seven Seas at the Beekman Theatre June 17, 2003 in New York City. Michelle’s hair and makeup during this period of her career were, in a word, stunning. I mean, come on. *Photo by Evan Agostini/Getty Images
Hot Shots of the Week: A Super Bowl Sea of Red
The San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs both wear red as their primary color. The Niners add gold accents, while the Chiefs use yellow as the secondary color. While the designated “road team” (San Francisco) will wear white tops, it will still be a Super Bowl awash in a sea of red. Consider … Continue reading Hot Shots of the Week: A Super Bowl Sea of Red
A Beautiful Purple Diamond
Wherein we celebrate sexy Susie Diamond’s pulchritudinous purple miniskirt. I happen to love purple. It’s regal, eye catching, and has a certain elegance that few colors can match. It seems the costume designer in The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) agrees with me, as Lisa Jensen dressed Michelle Pfeiffer as Susie Diamond in purple throughout many … Continue reading A Beautiful Purple Diamond
Lost and Found: Blue Jeans
As a glimpse into the freewheeling approach to sexual politics in 1970s Italy, Mario Imperioli’s Blue Jeans (1975) is eye opening, and not just because of stunningly sexy star Gloria Guida. The erotic-dramedy captures a moment in time, when the post-sixties sexual revolution collided head on—and groin first—with institutionally ingrained misogyny and old fashioned Italian … Continue reading Lost and Found: Blue Jeans






