Photographer Julian Wasser – described as the ‘poet laureate of LA’ – died on February 8, 2023, aged 89, the … More
Category: Movies
Marilyn, Jules Schulback and ‘The Seven Year Itch’
Several years ago, Bonnie Siegler was sorting through her grandfather’s attic when she found an extraordinary home movie. On September … More
Marilyn Goes From ‘Eve’ to Noir at the Prince Charles Cinema
An occasional season of Monroe films kicks off this weekend through May at the Prince Charles Cinema near Leicester Square … More
Marilyn’s Fabulous Fifties Five
With The Fabelmans – Stephen Spielberg’s nostalgic movie about his 1950s childhood, starring an Oscar-nominated Michelle Williams of My Week … More
George S. Zimbel, Marilyn and ‘The Seven Year Itch’
George S. Zimbel, the photojournalist who documented the shooting of Marilyn’s famous ‘subway grate’ scene for The Seven Year Itch … More
When Gina Lollobrigida Met Marilyn
Gina Lollobrigida, an icon of Italian cinema and one of the great post-war sex symbols, died aged 95 on January … More
Casting Sugar: Marilyn Adds a Twist of Lemmon
Writing for Slash Film, Jeremy Smith explores the complex casting process for Some Like It Hot, noting that Jack Lemmon … More
Marilyn’s Midnight Spot on TCM’s ‘Noir Alley’
US fans, take note: Don’t Bother to Knock will be screened tonight at midnight (Eastern Time) on Turner Classic Movies. … More
‘The Misfits’ in the New Yorker
First published on February 4, 1961 – and headlined ‘Misfire’ – Roger Angell’s review for The New Yorker captures the … More
Finishing the Picture: Marilyn, Clark Gable and Eli Wallach
Writing for SlashFilm, Anthony Crislip looks behind the scenes of The Misfits, and the row that broke out over how … More