Reframing Marilyn: The Female Gaze

In an article for NPR, David Bianculli previews the docuseries, Reframed: Marilyn Monroe, beginning tomorrow, January 16, on CNN. “During … More

‘Reframed: Marilyn Monroe’ on CNN

First announced here, a four-part docuseries, Reframed: Marilyn Monroe, will begin with two hour-long episodes at 9 pm on Sunday, … More

Suzette Winter: Marilyn’s Hollywood Documentarian Dies at 90

Suzette St. John Winter, who co-wrote and directed 30 documentaries on classic Hollywood stars with husband Gene Feldman, has died … More

Marilyn, Grace Kelly and a Royal Rumour

Royals: Keeping the Crown, a new documentary on Curiosity Stream, explores the rumour that Prince Rainier considered courting Marilyn before … More

Henri Dauman’s Marilyn ‘Looks Up’ at Highland Park

Henri Dauman escaped Nazi-occupied Paris for New York as a child, later becoming a photographer for LIFE magazine. He photographed … More

Marian Collier: Marilyn’s ‘Hot’ Bandmate Dies at 90

Marian Collier, who played one of Sweet Sue’s Society Syncopators – the all-girl band in Some Like It Hot – … More

CNN to ‘Reframe’ Marilyn in 2022

A new documentary series about Marilyn has been announced by CNN as part of its 2022 line-up. (The project was … More

Marilyn as Holly: Through the Looking Glass

Perhaps the most famous role that Marilyn rejected heads up Geoffrey McNab’s list of alternate casting possibilities over at The … More

A Toast to Marilyn’s ‘Misfits’ in Vegas Bar Documentary

I had a pleasant surprise last night while watching Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets, a docudrama of sorts set in a … More

‘Marilyn, Misunderstood’: New Documentary Coming to Reelz

The US cable channel Reelz has produced several documentaries about Marilyn in the past decade, under titles like Reel Life, … More