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
Tag: film
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
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
Monica Monday
Well, the work week just got off to an above average start. Grazie, Monica. Monica Bellucci, photographed by Eileen Von Unwerth, 1996.
Lost and Found: Slashdance
Based on the rad poster and VHS art for Slashdance (1989), you’d expect a deliciously raunchy slasher, right? The poster promises underboob that the movie never delivers! Dammit! Well, you’d be sorely disappointed. I was. The actual movie itself is an amateurish snooze, with barely any slashing or actual dancing. Sure, we spend most of … Continue reading Lost and Found: Slashdance
Giallogy: Amuck!
Beautiful blonde Barbara Bouchet runs Amuck! in a novelist’s Venetian din of inequity, while trying to solve her lesbian lover’s disappearance! If that doesn’t sound like a rip-roaring good time aboard the giallo express, I don’t know what does. “An explosion of sexual frenzy” sums it up beautifully! Trust me, Amuck! is most definitely a … Continue reading Giallogy: Amuck!






