America’s Favourite Cliché: Marilyn and the Myth of Norma Jeane

In an excellent article for The Atlantic, Sarah Churchwell (author of The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe) deconstructs the pernicious … More

Retracing Marilyn’s Jewish Identity

Writing for UK weekly newspaper The Jew­ish Chronicle, Nathan Abrams – Professor of Film Stud­ies at Bangor Uni­versity – asks, … More

Marilyn Covers ‘LINUS’ in Italy

Another magazine cover for Marilyn this week – this Warholesque image (after Gene Korman’s ‘gold lamé dress’ shoot) covers the … More

Anthony Summers Responds to ‘Blonde’

In The Guardian today, Monroe biographer Anthony Summers – author of Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe (1985), and … More

Marilyn Goes ‘Blonde’ for Vanity Fair

Marilyn graces the cover of Vanity Fair‘s August issue in France. As yet, it’s unclear whether she’ll cover the US/UK … More

Will ‘Blonde’ Do Justice to Marilyn?

Amid all the hype surrounding Blonde, due for release this autumn (see here), one very important factor has been largely … More

Why Marilyn’s ‘SAGA’ Still Captivates

This lovely photo of Marilyn – taken by Sam Shaw in the summer of 1957 – graces the cover of … More

‘Glamour Killed Her’: Joyce Carol Oates On Marilyn

Joyce Carol Oates has spoken about Marilyn and Blonde, the upcoming movie based on her 2000 novel, in a cover … More

The Long and Winding Road to ‘Blonde’

While director Andrew Dominik hoped his fictional Monroe biopic, Blonde, would play at Cannes in May, it is now reported … More

‘Blonde’ Director in Rumoured Netflix Dispute

Last week it was reported here that Blonde – the Netflix adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’ controversial novel – has … More