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Nineteen Eighty-Four is Here.

Sep 16, 2016 Nathanael Hood 0

My last year of high school, I served in the tech crew for the drama club’s production of Into the Woods. My only tasks were to a) pull the trap door lever for the Witch’s […]

who's afraid of virginia woolf
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WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? AT 50

Jun 22, 2016 Nathanael Hood 0

At first, the studio wanted Bette Davis. But no, that wouldn’t have worked; audiences could expect cruelty and hysteria from an actress who had proven herself both bitch and beauty queen. After seeing her sit […]

Pantages Never Won an Oscar
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Never Won an Oscar: The Actors

Feb 18, 2015 Jill Blake 3

With the Academy Awards ceremony coming up this Sunday, February 22, we decided to take a look at some of the best actors and actresses who never won an Oscar for their acting talents. In this gallery, […]

Opinion

Iguana on a Hot Tin Roof

Jul 26, 2014 The Retro Set 1

By CARLEY JOHNSON It’s the heat that makes you crazy. I’m not talking about the dry, arid heat that more or less defines the American West– the kind of heat that, even at 100 degrees, […]

Opinion

History Fail: Hollywood’s Period Problem

Jan 16, 2014 The Retro Set 12

A word of explanation: this started off as a simple review of the recent Blu-ray release of Sydney Pollack’s The Way We Were. That seminal ’70s sobber has enjoyed a terrific transfer from Twilight Time–one […]

The Best Film You've Never Seen
Books

The Best Film You’ve Never Seen

Jul 13, 2013 The Retro Set 5

The title really does say it all. But what works best about Robert K. Elder’s new release The Best Film You’ve Never Seen is that this is not a book about guilty pleasures. It’s about […]

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