Topic: Bette Davis

Ask Mick LaSalle: Impersonating, not acting, Part 2

0 . Dear Mick LaSalle: Impersonating isn't acting? Then why do all those Oscars go to actors portraying real people, some recent, some historical...
Can you have a relationship and a Hollywood career at the same time?. . That's the question Rosanna Arquette has pondered since Bette Davis sat her...

Shinan: House of Rufus

At a certain point this past Friday, in Toronto, some hours into the culture clash that was “Operanation,” the scene had dissolved into a...

Ask Mick LaSalle: Do you have 3 favorite Westerns?

0 . Dear Mick LaSalle: We're doing a movie night with the theme of Westerns. Do you have three favorites?. . Erik Blomquist, Royal Oaks. . Dear ...

Ask Mick LaSalle: Oscar rebuffs all too common

0 View Larger Image . Dear Celluloid Connoisseur Mick: Don Cheadle ("Devil in a Blue Dress"), Patricia Clarkson ("Pieces of April") and Gary Oldman ...
We've got a few big movies out this week, even if none are likely to go down as classics. No one ever successfully argued that "Tron" needed a...

Oh, They Coulda Been Contenders

You know the oft-repeated phrase heard this time of year, “It's an honor just to be nominated”? That was never more true for some who might have...

Academy Award nominations denotes win

Lead actress (Bette Davis) Supporting actor (Victor Buono) Costume design (black and white)* Cinematography (black and white) Sound
If I said I was saddened by Gordo's departure, you'd know I was lying. Indeed, when Bette Davis heard that her arch-enemy Joan Crawford had died...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been handing out golden Oscar statuettes since 1929, and after all that time, only two films still hold the record for most nominations with 14, including best picture and best director.. The legendary ...