Happy Birthday, Michelle!

Rejoice! It’s Michelle Pfeiffer’s birthday again! She’s the reason this blog exists, the inspiration for much of my writing on film for all these years. Today, I’m celebrating La Pfeiffer’s latest trip around the sun with a handful of vintage, and astonishingly gorgeous, black and white photos. Has anyone ever looked as effortlessly photogenic as … Continue reading Happy Birthday, Michelle! →

Pfive Alarm Baby Pfeiffer Pfire

In which Baby Pfeiffer plays sexy, dumb, and drunk. One of Michelle Pfeiffer’s earliest roles was in the ridiculous 1981 telefilm Callie & Son. My friend Nathaniel summed it up best years ago at his blog The Film Experience, when he wrote: Summing up the plot of Callie & Son is a herculean task and you probably … Continue reading Pfive Alarm Baby Pfeiffer Pfire →

Hot Shots of the Week: Michelle Pfeiffer, Esquire

These beautiful photos from Guy Webster of ascending star Michelle Pfeiffer are from the April 1986 issue of Esquire. The shots of a casually dressed, tousle-haired Michele capture the future three-time Oscar nominee just before her career kicked into overdrive, thanks to her first Academy Award nomination, for her stunning work in Dangerous Liaisons (1988). … Continue reading Hot Shots of the Week: Michelle Pfeiffer, Esquire →

Favorite Film Posters: Ms. 45

Abel Ferrara’s films have been such a crucial part of my cinematic education for roughly thirty-five years now. Since seeing King of New York (1990), I’ve been a fan of the New York auteur, especially his early career films, from Driller Killer (1979) up through The Funeral (1996). For me, those nearly two decades are … Continue reading Favorite Film Posters: Ms. 45 →

Harley

I’ve been plowing through the Harley Quinn animated series on HBO. I’m absolutely loving it, especially how hilarious, twisted, raunchy, and R rated it can be. If you’re going to do Harley Quinn right, you have to bring the vulgarity, and this series does it well. Kaley Cuoco voices Harley and she does something I … Continue reading Harley →

Hot Shots of the Week: Carrie On

She loves literature and lingerie equally, because she’s deep and complicated. They’re most definitely not going to laugh at her. Stephen King’s debut novel Carrie was published on this day in 1974. Famously, the manuscript for Carrie was rescued from the trash bin by King’s wife Tabitha after ol’ Uncle Stevie tossed it out in … Continue reading Hot Shots of the Week: Carrie On →

Favorite Film Posters: Adventures in Babysitting

American artist and illustrator Drew Struzan, who passed away last fall, left an indelible imprint on popular culture, thanks to the many memorable movie posters he created. I could list so many of them as favorites—The Thing (1982), Back to the Future (1985), Big Trouble in Little China (1986)—but my artistic and sentimental favorite* has … Continue reading Favorite Film Posters: Adventures in Babysitting →