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The Cancerous Sh*ts show: John Wayne in THE CONQUEROR

May 26, 2016 The Retro Set 1

Ok, first a quick disclaimer: today is John Wayne’s birthday so, before actually diving into what our creative director calls “one of the most cancerous shit shows of all time”, understand that I’m actually a fan of […]

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Opinion

Jean Harlow and the Hard Knocks School of Acting

Mar 3, 2015 The Retro Set 0

Jean Harlow, had she not died at the tragic age of 26, would have celebrated her 104th birthday today. I thought it would be fun to take a step back and observe the panorama of […]

Books

My Kind of Movie: Baroque Noir and His Kind of Woman (1951)

May 28, 2014 Drew Morton 0

In his book Hollywood Genres, film scholar Thomas Schatz mobilizes an evolutionary model to describe film genres. For simplicity sake, Schatz posits that a genre essentially moves from classical to baroque in its style and conventions […]

Movies

  • Can You Make It Through THE MAZE?
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  • The Good, The Bad and The Eli Wallach Show
    Jan 30, 2019 0
  • John Ford’s YOUNG MR. LINCOLN: The Movie America Needed in 1939
    Jan 24, 2019 0
  • Are You Still SHOOK by Valentino’s THE SHEIK?
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  • Two From the Vault: Depression Early 70s Style
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  • Corridos and Fairy Tales – Storytelling in The Princess Bride and The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

    Nov 27, 2018 0
    In recent months, the Criterion Collection has released two films from the 1980s that are about the art of storytelling. The first, Rob Reiner’s The Princess Bride (1987), is a beloved Hollywood classic, based on [...]
  • Andrei Rublev and What Hate Has Wrought

    Nov 2, 2018 0
    [This review was begun the same day as the Oct. 27, 2018 Tree of Life shooting.] They killed eleven Jews in Pittsburgh today, gunned down in their synagogue as they prayed round their holy scriptures. [...]
  • There’s HOPE For Us Yet: Bob Hope from Kino Lorber

    Feb 5, 2018 0
    I may get some hits for this, but I posit that classic film fans generally do not have as great an affinity for the popular movie comedians of the 30s and 40s, as they do [...]
  • Fire Walk with #Me Too: A Personal Retrospective on Twin Peaks

    Fire Walk With # Me Too: A Personal Retrospection on Twin Peaks

    Jan 8, 2018 0
    Reviewing a movie you’ve seen a million times over an almost twenty year period is a hard task, especially when it comes to something that has become a large part of your life and that [...]
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    Dame in the Game: Gloria Grahame

    Jul 19, 2017 2
    Gloria Grahame may not seem to fit alongside the women we typically feature in this column — she didn’t found her own company, become a director, break any particular barriers, or do significant philanthropic work. [...]

Lifestyle

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    Breakfast at Natalie’s: Natalie Wood’s Huevos Rancheros
    Sep 16, 2016 1
  • Rudolph Valentino’s “Secret” Spaghetti Sauce
    Sep 9, 2016 2
  • A Retro MUST See – Clifton’s Cafeteria
    Apr 26, 2016 0
  • My San Francisco Tiki Safari Part 2
    Apr 19, 2016 0
  • My Bay Area Tiki Safari
    Apr 12, 2016 0

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  • 10 Classic Movie Gifs You Need In Your Life
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    Feb 14, 2017 2

Events

  • Cinemondo Is an All New World Cinema Series

    Dec 5, 2018 0
    Link TV, the national independent non-commercial satellite television network, is premiering  a new weekly international film series this Thursday called CINEMONDO that brings cinema from around the world to foreign movie fans.
  • LOST LA: Dream Factory

    Dec 19, 2017 0
    I’m a nut for L.A. history, and when that history melds with the early days of Hollywood, I’m in 100%. So I was very excited to screen LOST LA: The Dream Factory.  Most confounding, was my [...]
  • An Afternoon at the Silent Clowns Film Series

    Jun 14, 2017 2
    The Bruno Walter Auditorium is home to the Silent Clowns Film Series, which boasts itself as “New York’s longest-running regularly scheduled silent film showcase.” For twenty years now, the series has provided the public with [...]
  • The Retro Set Virtual Alt-Fest: Saturday Edition

    Apr 8, 2017 0
    Welcome to the Retro Set Virtual Fest: Saturday Edition! Join the party and follow the links below – no matter where you are! This year, you can watch the films at the same time we do. [...]
  • TCM Film Fest Special Feature: Line up wth Raquel Stecher

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