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By Anne Brodie A disturbing look at stranger danger in Malice, a new series on Amazon now,hits us in the gut, no two ways about it. I could only watch a few eppies because it scared me too much to finish, but am heartily imagining ye old happy ending. A wealthy couple Jame and Nat played by David …
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By Anne Brodie Guillermo de Toro’s florid version of Mary Shelley’s classic horror story Frankenstein gets the full CGI, over the top treatment typical of the filmmaker. It could have benefitted from a slightly less in-yer-face with some degree of naturalism, more suggestion than showmanship. …
By Anne Brodie How heartbreakingly ironic that just days before the release of Sallywood, the fact-based feature on her career and bond of friendship with a fan that could have relaunched it, Sally Kirkland passed away. She’d entered hospice in Palm Springs yesterday for an unknown condition. She …
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By Anne Brodie Publishing feminist pioneer Jule Campbell is the subject of a documentary with a cultural edge, written and directed by her daughter Jill. Beyond the Gaze looks at the groundbreaking career of the photographer's decades putting together the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. The …
Continue Reading about Beauty or Porn? Beyond the Gaze Poses the Ageless Question.
By Anne Brodie A traumatic event occurred in high school when we members of the senior class were shown a black and white documentary called Night and Fog, by Alain Resnais. We were flooded by gruesome films and stills that taught us more thoroughly than any lecture could have - the irrefutable …
